Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Recording medium conveying device, image forming apparatus and cartridge
- Patent Title (中): 记录介质输送装置,成像装置和墨盒
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Application No.: US12369931Application Date: 2009-02-12
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Publication No.: US07862030B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: Hiroshi Igarashi
- Applicant: Hiroshi Igarashi
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2004-285073 20040929
- Main IPC: B65H5/00
- IPC: B65H5/00

Abstract:
A first guide member includes a concave-shaped guide surface. A recording medium such as a sheet fed by register rollers takes a curved position while being fed in a sheet feeding direction such that the leading edge of the sheet slides on the guide surface. A space is defined between the sheet and the guide surface due to the stiffness of the sheet. Thus, the sheet smoothly curves. When a speed of conveying the sheet by the register rollers is faster than a speed of conveying the sheet by a conveying belt, slack in the sheet is allowed in the space defined between the sheet and the guide surface. Therefore, the sheet can be stably conveyed without applying excessive load to the sheet or a sheet conveying device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090152791A1 Recording Medium Conveying Device, Image Forming Apparatus and Cartridge Public/Granted day:2009-06-18
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