Patent ID: 6708009
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B41J,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
An image forming device for forming an image on an image recording medium, the device comprising:a sheet supply section comprising a sheet supply roller and a separation pad for nippingly supplying each image recording medium therebetween; an image forming section for forming an image on the image recording medium supplied from the sheet supply section; a sheet transport path extending from the sheet supply section to the image forming section and defining a sheet feeding direction; and at least two paper dust removing units comprising a first paper dust removing unit disposed at a position beside the sheet transport path and contactable with the image recording medium for removing paper dusts from the image recording medium running in the sheet transport path toward the image forming section, and a second paper dust removing unit disposed at a position beside the sheet transport path and different from the position of the first paper dust removing unit with respect to the sheet feeding direction and also contactable with the image recording medium for also removing paper dusts from the image recording medium running in the sheet transport path toward the image forming section; wherein: the image recording medium and the separation pad have each width perpendicular to the sheet feeding direction; the first paper dust removing unit has an area for removing the paper dusts from the image recording medium at least in an area corresponding to the width of the separation pad; and the second paper dust removing unit has an area for removing the paper dusts from overall surface of the image recording medium.