Patent ID: 8256764
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising; a sheet of paper having a predetermined width; a recording unit that forms an image on the sheet of paper having the predetermined width; a guiding member that is disposed below the recording unit and that includes first area through which the sheet of paper passes and second areas through which the sheet of paper does not pass, the second areas being disposed relative to the first area along a width direction orthogonal to a paper conveying direction of the sheet of paper, the first area having a width corresponding to the predetermined width of the sheet of paper, and the guiding member guiding the sheet of paper along the first area of the guiding member; an attachment member arranged at an upstream position relative to the recording unit along the paper conveying direction; and a pair of first paper pressing members, wherein each first paper pressing member of the pair is attached to the attachment member and extends downstream along the paper conveying direction, and positively presses the sheet of paper in a translational direction, that is orthogonal to the paper conveying direction and to the width direction, toward the guiding member, and wherein said each first paper pressing member has a first point located distal relative to the attachment member, and has a second point located upstream relative to the first point along the paper conveying direction so that an edge connecting the first point and the second point obliquely traverses a corresponding boundary between the first area of the guiding member and a corresponding second area of the second areas of the guiding member, from the first area to the second area along the paper conveying direction.