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20090110460 | SHEET MOISTURIZING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A sheet moisturizing device having a moisturizing section that moisturizes a sheet and a guide which guides the sheet that has been moisturized by the moisturizing section, the guide includes a first guide member made of resin having a plurality of ribs, arranged immediately downstream of the moisturizing section in a sheet conveyance direction, which guides the sheet in a vertical direction. | 04-30-2009 |
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