Image forming apparatus including guide and attracting members
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorTakemasa Ishikuro
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an attracting member and a guide member. The attracting member extends along a transport path. A print medium carries a developer image thereon and is transported on the guide member in the transport path after passing through a transfer section. The guide member is disposed downstream of the transfer section and is disposed at a position where when the print medium is transported in the transport path, the attracting member attracts the electrostatically toward the attracting member such that the print medium is spaced a distance from the attracting member by the guide member.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a guide member located downstream of a transfer section, the guide member guiding a print medium that carries a developer image thereon, the print medium being transported in a transport path;
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- an attracting member extending in a direction parallel to the transport path, and disposed at a position where when the print medium is guided by the guide member, the attracting member attracts the print medium toward the attracting member such that the guide member is positioned between the print medium and the attracting member, a gap being formed between the attracting member and the print medium to prevent the print medium from directly contacting the attracting member as the print medium passes by the attracting member.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a guide member located downstream of a transfer section, the guide member guiding a print medium that carries a developer image thereon, the print medium being transported in a transport path;
- an attracting member extending in a direction parallel to the transport path, and disposed at a position where when the print medium is guided by the guide member, the attracting member attracts the print medium toward the attracting member such that the guide member is sandwiched between the print medium and the attracting member;
- an environmental condition detector that detects environmental conditions in the image forming apparatus;
- a power supply that applies a voltage to the attracting member so that the print medium is attracted electrostatically by the attracting member;
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- a controller configured to control the power supply based on the environmental conditions so that the power supply changes the voltage in accordance with the environmental conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.