发明名称 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
摘要 An image forming apparatus includes: a toner image forming section; a transfer section; a fixing section; a conveyance roller section disposed on a downstream side of the fixing section in a sheet conveyance direction; a conveyance guide section disposed on a downstream side of the conveyance roller section and including a first guide member disposed on a fixing side of a sheet and a second guide member disposed on a rear surface side of the sheet; a feeding-path-switching section disposed on a downstream side of the conveyance guide section and configured to switch sheet feeding paths; and a nip angle adjusting section configured to change a nip angle of a conveyance nip in accordance with whether a sheet on which an image is formed on a first surface thereof is conveyed, or a sheet on which an image is formed on a second surface thereof is conveyed.
申请公布号 US2016026134(A1) 申请公布日期 2016.01.28
申请号 US201514801379 申请日期 2015.07.16
申请人 Konica Minolta, Inc. 发明人 TSURU Kenji
分类号 G03G15/00 主分类号 G03G15/00
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner image forming section configured to form a toner image on an image bearing member; a transfer section configured to transfer a toner image formed on the image bearing member to a sheet; a fixing section configured to fix a toner image transferred to a sheet by the transfer section; a conveyance roller section including a pair of rollers, and disposed on a downstream side of the fixing section in a sheet conveyance direction; a conveyance guide section disposed on a downstream side of the conveyance roller section in the sheet conveyance direction, and including a first guide member disposed on a fixing side of a sheet and a second guide member disposed on a rear surface side of the sheet; a feeding-path-switching section disposed on a downstream side of the conveyance guide section in the sheet conveyance direction, and configured to switch between a first sheet feeding path and a second sheet feeding path, the first sheet feeding path being configured to output a sheet from the apparatus, the second sheet feeding path being configured to output a sheet to a rear surface printing conveyance section provided continuously with the second guide member; and a nip angle adjusting section configured to change a nip angle of a conveyance nip formed by the pair of rollers in accordance with whether a sheet on which an image is formed on a first surface thereof is conveyed, or a sheet on which an image is formed on a second surface thereof is conveyed.
地址 Tokyo JP