Patent ID: 7611238

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a paper feeding part situated at a lower part of the image forming apparatus; a lower guide member and an upper guide member configured to change a conveyance direction of a recording medium fed upward by the paper feeding part to a substantially horizontal direction, the lower guide member having a curved portion and a substantially vertical surface provided substantially vertically; a conveyance belt stretched around a plurality of rollers and carrying and conveying a recording medium to the image forming apparatus, at least one roller of the plural rollers being a driving roller rotationally driving the conveyance belt; a pressing part configured to come in contact with the conveyance belt in an area where a surface of the conveyance belt moves, different from a conveyance area where the recording medium is carried, and configured to press the conveyance belt to the driving roller side so that the conveyance belt does not slip against the driving roller; and a pushing roller in contact with the conveyance belt and situated above the pressing part, wherein the pressing part is provided so as not to come in contact with the recording medium, wherein the lower guide member and the upper guide member guide the recording medium so that the recording medium passes outside of the pressing part, is guided to a portion where the conveyance belt and the pushing roller come in contact with each other, and does not pass a portion where the conveyance belt and the pressing part come into contact with each other, and wherein the pressing part is supported by the vertical surface of the lower guide member and is pressed by a spring in a horizontal direction from the vertical surface to the pressing roller.