Patent ID: 9042807
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image formation apparatus, comprising: a body having a pair of frames; a longitudinal metal plate having a curved surface and having an end portion at each end of the metal plate, each end portion being connected to one of the frames; an image formation unit provided between the pair of frames; a first transport portion configured to feed a sheet to the image formation unit; a second transport portion configured to feed the sheet from the image formation unit; a third transport portion vertically provided between the pair of frames and connected with the second transport portion; a first feeding member horizontally provided between the pair of frames and connected with the first transport portion, which contains resin and forms a fourth transport portion on the downstream side, in a sheet feed direction, of the metal plate; and a second feeding member having a second guide surface configured to guide the sheet toward the metal plate arranged on an upstream side, in the sheet feed direction, of the metal plate, wherein the upstream side end portion, in the sheet feed direction, of the metal plate is arranged at a position farther from the sheet than the downstream side end portion, in the sheet feed direction, of the second guide surface, wherein a cover member formed of resin is provided outside the metal plate such that the cover member covers from the downstream side end portion, in the sheet feed direction, of the second feeding member to the upstream side end portion, in the sheet feed direction, of the first feeding member, and wherein the third transport portion, the curved surface and the fourth transport portion define a duplex transport path such that the sheet is fed from the second transport portion to the first transport portion via the duplex transport path.