Patent ID: 8041254
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body having an opening covered by a movable cover; a fixing unit configured to fix a developer image on a recording sheet, the fixing unit being configured to be attached to and removed from the main body through the opening; an inner guide configured to be attached to and removed from the main body through the opening; and an outer guide configured to be attached to and removed from the main body through the opening, the inner guide and the outer guide defining a part of a generally U-shaped conveyance path, the inner guide and the outer guide disposed opposite to each other with respect to the generally U-shaped conveyance path, wherein the outer guide is not mounted on the cover; wherein the inner guide is located on an inner side of a U shape in the U-shaped conveyance path, while the outer guide is located on an outer side of the U shape in the U-shaped conveyance path; wherein the outer guide is disposed closer to the opening than the inner guide, and overlaps, when viewed from the opening, a sheet guide surface located on a downstream portion of the inner guide with respect to the U-shaped conveyance path and adjacent to an ejection end of the conveyance path; and wherein, when the outer guide is removed from the main body, the inner guide is exposed to the opening from an upstream portion of the inner guide with respect to the generally U-shaped conveyance path to the sheet guide surface located on the downstream portion of the inner guide and adjacent to the ejection end of the conveyance path.