Patent ID: 8699072
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit for forming an image on a recording sheet; a conveyance member for conveying a recording sheet to the image forming unit; a curved paper path for guiding a recording sheet conveyed by the conveyance member; and a regulation member, which is located at a downstream side of the paper path in a recording sheet conveyance direction, for regulating a tip of a recording sheet to be conveyed to the image forming unit, wherein the paper path has an outer guide part, which constitutes an outer periphery side of the paper path, and an inner guide part, which faces the outer guide part and constitutes an inner periphery side of the paper path, the outer guide part is provided with an outer recess, which is depressed outward from the paper path, formed across a full width of a recording sheet, and the inner guide part is provided with an inner recess, which is depressed outward from the paper path, formed across a full width of a recording sheet.