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Sheet conveying apparatus with guide member

US5477314A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 11, 1994
Grant dateDec 19, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 11, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00413
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for conveying sheet members, equipped with a conveyer guide member that extends from the downstream side of a toner image-transfer position of a photosensitive drum toward a fixing unit and a grounding plate member that is disposed on the lower surface side of the conveyer guide member. The conveyer guide member is made of a material having an electric resistance not smaller than the electric resistance of the sheet member, and the grounding plate member is made of a material having an electric resistance smaller than the electric resistance of the conveyer guide member.

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