| US 7,526,242 B2 | ||
| Transferring apparatus and image forming apparatus | ||
| Hiromitsu Takagaki, Kanagawa (Japan); Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa (Japan); Atsushi Nakafuji, Tokyo (Japan); Hirohmi Tamura, Kanagawa (Japan); Hiroyuki Kunii, Kanagawa (Japan); and Kohji Ue, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/521,494. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-269743 (JP), filed on Sep. 16, 2005; application No. 2006-193639 (JP), filed on Jul. 14, 2006; and application No. 2006-218770 (JP), filed on Aug. 10, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0065188 A1, Mar. 22, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—307 [399/322; 399/400] | 15 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus comprising;
an image forming unit configured to form a visible toner image;
an image carrier configured to carry the toner image formed thereon by the image forming unit; and
a transferring apparatus configured to receive the toner image from the image carrier and to transfer the toner image onto
a recording medium, wherein
the transfer apparatus includes
a transfer member configured to receive the toner image from the toner image carrier;
a heating unit configured to heat the transfer member including the image thereon;
a nip-forming member configured to form a nip between the transfer member and the nip-forming member, and to sandwich the
recording medium in the nip to transfer the toner image from the transfer member onto the recording medium; and
a first guide member and a second guide member configured to guide the recording medium toward the nip, the first guide member
and the second guide member being arranged so as to form a substantial V-shape with a tip of the V-shape being toward the
nip, and a minimum distance between the first guide member and the second guide member being equal to or less than 5 millimeters.
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