Patent ID: 9720364
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image bearer having an image bearing face to bear an image thereon; a transferer disposed opposing the image bearer, to transfer the image from the image bearing face onto a recording medium at a transfer section between the transferer and the image bearer; a first guide disposed upstream from the transfer section in a direction of delivery of the recording medium, to guide the recording medium to the transfer section; and a second guide disposed upstream from the first guide in the direction of delivery of the recording medium and spaced away from the first guide, to guide the recording medium to the transfer section, each of the first guide and the second guide extending in a lateral direction perpendicular to the direction of delivery of the recording medium, a leading end of the second guide in the direction of delivery of the recording medium being inclined from one end to the other end of the second guide in the lateral direction, and the first guide and the second guide are disposed on a same side as the image bearer relative to a delivery path of the recording medium.