Patent ID: 6965750

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a developing image forming unit to form unfixed toner images on recording media; a fixing unit to heat, pressurize and fix unfixed toner images on the recording media having the unfixed toner images while conveying the recording media in a first direction by clamping them with a curved nip portion; a conveying guide provided at the downstream of the fixing unit and curved in the direction reverse to the curve of the nip portion to guide the recording media in a second direction crossing the first direction; a stacking portion to stack the recording media guided by the conveying guide; and a curl correction unit to change an angle of curve of the conveying guide by contacting the conveying guide and adjusting a contacting force with the conveying guide, wherein the curl correction unit has a rotatable lever, a curl correction roller that is attached to the tip of the lever and is brought in contact with the recording media from the axial direction of the curve of the conveying guide, and a rotating mechanism that rotates the lever.