Patent ID: 9581945
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A fixing exit guide plate for use in a fixing device, the fixing device including a flexible endless fixing member, a nip forming member that contacts the fixing member directly or through a sliding sheet, a pressure member that faces the nip forming member through the fixing member and forms a nip by pressing, and a pair of conveyance support rollers, the pair of conveyance support rollers including a conveyance support driving roller on a back side of an image to support conveyance of a paper which has passed through the nip, and a conveyance support driven roller on a front side of the image to support the conveyance of the paper which has passed through the nip, the fixing exit guide plate configured to support the conveyance of the paper while being curved in a direction opposite to a curl direction of the paper in a paper conveyance path downstream of the pair of conveyance support rollers, the fixing exit guide plate comprising: a conveyance downstream portion having a paper conveyance plane; and a conveyance upstream portion having a paper conveyance plane, wherein the fixing exit guide plate is configured to be retracted in a paper jam process to move such that the paper conveyance plane of the conveyance downstream portion rotates about a rotation axis of the conveyance support driving roller to be substantially parallel to the paper conveyance plane of the conveyance upstream portion.