Patent ID: 8515332
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming device, comprising: a fixing unit that thermally fixes a development image transferred onto a first surface of a recording medium, the recording medium having a second surface opposite to the first surface; a discharging unit that discharges the recording medium onto which the development image has been thermally fixed; a reception unit that receives the recording medium discharged by the discharging unit; a conveying wall that defines a conveying path, along which the recording medium is conveyed from the fixing unit toward the discharging unit in a conveying direction, the recording medium being conveyed along the conveying path with the first surface of the recording medium confronting the conveying wall; a supporting unit; and a flapper that is provided in confrontation with the conveying wall, the flapper being in a plate shape having a pair of lateral parts and a central part arranged in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction and having a downstream side edge with respect to the conveying direction, the flapper being swingably supported by the supporting unit about an axis extending in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction such that the downstream side edge serves as a swinging end, the flapper being urged in a direction to move the downstream side edge toward the conveying wall; the flapper having a concave portion in the plate shape that gradually recedes in a direction away from the conveying wall from the pair of lateral parts toward the central part in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction.