Patent ID: 8699929
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A guide device disposed downstream from a fixing rotary body in a recording medium conveyance direction that heats a toner image on a recording medium and guiding the recording medium conveyed from the fixing rotary body, the guide device comprising: a separator separatably contacting an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotary body to separate the recording medium from the fixing rotary body; a first rotary body disposed adjacent to the separator to contact and support an image side of the recording medium bearing the toner image; a fixing exit guide having a guide face facing the image side of the recording medium supported by the first rotary body and provided with a slot; a second rotary body disposed downstream from the first rotary body in the recording medium conveyance direction and partially protruding from the guide face through the slot of the fixing exit guide to contact and support the image side of the recording medium; and at least one guide rib mounted on the guide face of the fixing exit guide and extending substantially in the recording medium conveyance direction, the at least one guide rib including: