Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conveyer and image forming apparatus including the same
- Patent Title (中): 包括其的输送机和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12805986Application Date: 2010-08-27
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Publication No.: US08413982B2Publication Date: 2013-04-09
- Inventor: Haruyuki Honda , Hiroshi Fujiwara , Kazuyoshi Kondo , Toshikane Nishii , Mizuna Tanaka , Tomoyoshi Yamazaki
- Applicant: Haruyuki Honda , Hiroshi Fujiwara , Kazuyoshi Kondo , Toshikane Nishii , Mizuna Tanaka , Tomoyoshi Yamazaki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2009-204726 20090904; JP2010-115299 20100519
- Main IPC: B65H29/70
- IPC: B65H29/70

Abstract:
A conveyer includes a first rotating body; a second rotating body pair; and an intermediate rotating body arranged between the first rotating body and the second rotating body pair. A curl of the recording medium is corrected by winding and bending the recording medium around and with the intermediate rotating body at a bent angle formed by a tangent line shared by the intermediate rotating body and the first rotating body, and a line on which such a tangent line of the intermediate rotating body is connected to a nip point of the second rotating body pair. The intermediate rotating body includes an escape mechanism that is capable of causing the intermediate rotating body to escape in a direction to increase the bent angle depending on the width of the recording medium.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110058873A1 Conveyer and image forming apparatus including the same Public/Granted day:2011-03-10
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