Patent ID: 9588476
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B65H,G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a duplex conveyance path through which the sheet having the image formed by the image forming unit on a first side of the sheet passes in a case where an image is formed on a second side of the sheet that is a back side of the first side of the sheet; a guiding member including a contact portion configured to guide the sheet by contacting a side end of the sheet, in a width direction of the sheet, conveyed at the duplex conveyance path, the guide member being provided along the duplex conveyance path; and a conveying portion configured to convey the sheet in a first direction toward the duplex conveyance path, the conveying portion conveying the sheet in the first direction after conveying the sheet in a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein the conveying portion is configured to convey the sheet in the first direction so that the side end of the sheet approaches the contact portion in the width direction of the sheet as the sheet moves in the first direction.