| US 7,516,957 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus | ||
| Satoshi Hamaya, Hachioji (Japan); Tetsu Sekine, Sagamihara (Japan); Hideo Isohara, Hachioji (Japan); and Yujiro Ishida, Sagamihara (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/413,338. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-170588 (JP), filed on Jun. 10, 2005; and application No. 2005-176210 (JP), filed on Jun. 16, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0001387 A1, Jan. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65H 7/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 271—227 [271/228] | 11 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a bent sheet feeding guide member in a transportation path for transporting a recording material,
wherein an inclination in a width direction of a guide surface formed by the bent sheet feeding guide member is adjustable,
and
wherein the transportation path comprises:
a first sheet transportation path for single-sided image formation;
a second sheet transportation path for double-sided image formation, which is connected with the first sheet transportation
path; and
detection sensors positioned in the first sheet transportation path and the second sheet transportation path, the detection
sensors detecting an inclination amount of the recording material with respect to a transportation direction of the recording
material.
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