Patent ID: 7894757
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming device having an image forming section and a transfer conveying-section, comprising: a transfer roller; a pair of registration rollers that feed a recording medium to a transfer nip where the transfer roller is in contact with an image bearing member; a transfer conveying-path through which the recording medium is fed from a registration nip formed by the pair of registration rollers to the transfer nip; a lower guide defining a lower side of the transfer conveying-path and having an uppermost portion that protrudes upwardly at a position upstream of the transfer nip; and a biasing member at an upper side of the transfer conveying-path and between the uppermost portion and the pair of registration rollers and configured to bias the recording medium downwardly when the recording medium is fed through the pair of registration rollers, the biasing member is movable upwardly relative to the transfer conveying-path in response to a pressing force applied by the recording medium fed through the transfer conveying-path, the biasing member comprises a pivoting member that is pivotably supported by a rotating shaft provided in parallel to a registration-roller axis.