Electrophotography – Image formation – Transfer
Patent
1995-05-26
1997-01-14
Pendegrass, Joan H.
Electrophotography
Image formation
Transfer
G03G 1516
Patent
active
055945392
ABSTRACT:
A paper guide device for guiding a sheet of paper to an image transfer device includes an upper guide plate and a lower guide plate, and an elastic transfer guide plate which is attached to the upper paper guide plate. A free end of the elastic transfer guide plate faces the transfer device and is bent downward such that a bend or crease line is perpendicular to a paper feed direction. The free end of the elastic transfer guide plate is parallel to paper feed direction at a transfer position to better orient/direct the paper as it approaches a photosensitive member or image transfer location. The arrangement allows for a compact paper feed design, while avoiding adverse effects which can occur where paper (particularly thicker paper) springs as it exits a paper guide.
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Karasawa Kazunori
Komuro Ichiro
Muraishi Takaya
Murano Jun'ichi
Nishido Kazuhiro
Pendegrass Joan H.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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