Patent ID: 7725063
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image-forming device comprising: a casing; an image-carrying member carrying a developer image; a transfer member that is disposed in confrontation with the image-carrying member and transfers the developer image from the image-carrying member to a recording medium at a transfer point of contact with the image-carrying member; a first guide member disposed in a predetermined position upstream of the transfer point in a conveying direction of the recording medium and selectively movable between a first position and a second position; and a second guide member disposed between the first guide member and the transfer point along the conveying direction of the recording medium and selectively movable between a third position and a fourth position farther from the image-carrying member than the third position, the second guide member being movable in association with the movement of the first guide member in such a manner that when the first guide member is disposed in the first position, the second guide member is disposed in the third position for guiding the recording medium received from the first guide member to move toward the image-carrying member.