Patent ID: 7369800
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: one or more transfer means having one or more transfer bodies electrostatically transferring one or more development images from one or more image carriers to one or more transfer media; and one or more transfer medium guide means disposed downstream in at least one transfer medium transport path from one or more locations at which at least one of the image carrier or carriers opposes at least one of the transfer body or bodies; wherein at least one transfer medium guide location of at least one of the transfer medium guide means is variable to cause a position of the trail edge portion of said one or more transfer media to be variable, such that the trail edge portion of said one or more transfer media is caused to move away from said one or more transfer means, wherein at least one of the transfer medium guide means is capable of being selectively switched between a first position permitting at least one lead edge portion of at least one of the transfer medium or media to be guided therealong when the at least one transfer medium lead edge portion passes therethrough and a second position permitting said at least one trail edge portion of at least one of the transfer medium or media to be raised upward when the at least one transfer medium trail edge portion passes therethrough, and wherein when the position of the transfer medium is shifted the position of the transfer medium is variable in a substantially parallel manner toward the image carrier.