Electrophotography – Having particular structure – Modular or displaceable
Patent
1999-02-23
1999-10-26
Grimley, Arthur T.
Electrophotography
Having particular structure
Modular or displaceable
271301, 399 21, G03G 1500, G03G 1520, B65H 3910
Patent
active
059742909
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes a reversing unit which reverses and feeds recording material fed from a fixing device, and a guiding device including first and second guide members facing each other to form a part of a first conveying path in which a recording material with a toner image fixed thereto is conveyed to the reversing unit from the fixing device. The second guide member forms, in cooperation with a third guide member, a part of a second conveying path in which the recording material is conveyed to an outside of the main body of the image forming apparatus. The first and second guide members are movable between a sheet guide position in which the first and second guide members guide the recording material along the first and second conveying paths, and a sheet jam removing position in which each of the first and second conveying paths is opened for removal of a jammed sheet. A feeding device feeds the recording material fed from the fixing device through the first and second conveying paths, respectively, and a displacement device displaces the first and second guide members to the sheet guide position or the sheet jam removing position in cooperation with the reversing unit.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5191383 (1993-03-01), Watanabe
patent: 5291256 (1994-03-01), Kitajima et al.
Grimley Arthur T.
Ngo Hoang
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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