US 12,248,260 B2
Image forming apparatus
Tomooku Koyama, Suntou-gun (JP); Ken Murooka, Mishima (JP); Wataru Uchida, Yokohama (JP); Jun Agata, Suntou-gun (JP); Yohei Suzuki, Suntou-gun (JP); and Daisuke Takamura, Fujinomiya (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/472,325.
Application 18/472,325 is a division of application No. 17/971,666, filed on Oct. 24, 2022, granted, now 11,803,139.
Application 17/971,666 is a division of application No. 17/177,235, filed on Feb. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,506,999, issued on Nov. 22, 2022.
Application 17/177,235 is a division of application No. 16/720,493, filed on Dec. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,955,774, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Application 16/720,493 is a division of application No. 15/868,030, filed on Jan. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,551,774, issued on Feb. 4, 2020.
Application 15/868,030 is a division of application No. 15/175,287, filed on Jun. 7, 2016, granted, now 9,904,222, issued on Feb. 27, 2018.
Application 15/175,287 is a division of application No. 15/006,305, filed on Jan. 26, 2016, granted, now 9,400,462, issued on Jul. 26, 2016.
Application 15/006,305 is a division of application No. 14/180,696, filed on Feb. 14, 2014, granted, now 9,280,101, issued on Mar. 8, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-029061 (JP), filed on Feb. 18, 2013; application No. 2013-029063 (JP), filed on Feb. 18, 2013; and application No. 2014-014257 (JP), filed on Jan. 29, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0012350 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/2028 (2013.01) [G03G 15/2017 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a fixing portion for fixing an unfixed toner image formed on a recording material to the recording material;
a first guide member for guiding the recording material, wherein said first guide member is provided at an entrance to said fixing portion and at an end portion with respect to a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the recording material and is provided at a side facing a surface of the recording material on which the unfixed toner image is formed; and
a second guide member for guiding the recording material, wherein said second guide member is provided at the entrance to said fixing portion and is provided at a side opposite to the surface of the recording material on which the unfixed toner image is formed,
wherein as seen in a longitudinal direction of said fixing portion, a surface of said second guide member contacting to the recording material is curved, and
wherein said first guide member is moved when said first guide member is pushed by the recording material.