Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Decurling device and image forming apparatus including the same
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Application No.: US16856012Application Date: 2020-04-22
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Publication No.: US11353816B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Keita Yano , Yoshinori Koike
- Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Priority: JPJP2019-194251 20191025
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
A decurling device is provided on a downstream side with respect to a fixing device in a medium transporting direction and straightens a curl formed in a medium transported to the decurling device. The decurling device includes a bending unit extending across the medium transporting direction and having a guiding surface that guides a leading end of the medium, the leading end coming into contact with the guiding surface, the bending unit bending the medium in a decurling direction by using the guiding surface; an urging unit that urges the bending unit toward the medium; and a single or plural rotating members provided on a part of the guiding surface of the bending unit and rotating by coming into contact with the medium that is in contact with the guiding surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210124299A1 DECURLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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