Patent ID: 9280101
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a fixing portion for fixing an unfixed image, formed on a recording material, onto the recording material at a fixing nip; a lower entrance guide member for guiding the recording material to the fixing nip, said lower entrance guide member contacts a surface of the recording material opposite from a surface of the recording material where the unfixed image is formed; and an upper entrance guide member for guiding the recording material, wherein said upper entrance guide member is provided at a position opposing a guide surface of said lower entrance guide member and at an end portion with respect to a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the recording material, wherein when said upper entrance guide member is pushed by the recording material, by a force received from the recording material, said upper entrance guide member is moved from a first position to a second position spaced from the lower entrance guide member more that the first position.