Patent ID: 8989651
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image formation device configured to form images on a front surface and back surface of a sheet, the image formation device comprising: a developing unit configured to transfer a developer image on the sheet; a fixing unit provided on a downstream side of the developing unit and configured to fix the developer image on the sheet; a discharge tray configured to receive the sheet when the sheet is discharged from a discharge exit; a guide portion configuring at least a part of a first feed path and at least a part of a second feed path, wherein the first feed path and the second feed path both extend from the fixing unit to the discharge exit and converge to form a converged feed path prior to the discharge exit; and a reversibly rotatable roller configured to reverse a feeding direction of the sheet fed from the fixing unit to the discharge exit so that the sheet is reversely fed toward an entrance of the developing unit; a switching member arranged downstream, in the feeding direction of the sheet, with respect to the fixing unit, the switching member configured to switch a path of the sheet between the first feed path and the second feed path; and a partition wall arranged downstream, in the feeding direction of the sheet, with respect to the switching member, the partition wall partially separating the first feed path and the second feed path.