Patent ID: 8215636

Claim:
A printing medium transferring device to guide a printing medium through a curved path in an image forming apparatus, comprising: a conveyer roller which conveys the printing medium along the curved path to a printing engine of the image forming apparatus; a plurality of printing medium pressing devices arranged in a semicircular shape having each respective end coupled to one of a pair of semicircular support members, the plurality of pressing devices respectively include a pressing roller, and are installed along an outer circumference of the conveyer roller such that the printing medium is pressed in a normal direction to a surface of the conveyer roller; a releasing device which allows at least one pressing roller to be moved apart from the conveyer roller in order to provide a manual feeding function of the printing medium into the curved path, wherein the releasing device comprises a guide lever which is rotatably installed in the image forming apparatus to release a pressing state of the pressing roller through a rotation thereof; and a manual path (MP) cover rotatably installed in order to guide a printing medium for the manual feeding function of the image forming apparatus, wherein the guide lever is coupled to the MP cover and rotates.