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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2018
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Nozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Hirose, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Yamaji, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuutaroh Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Kikushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaori Hemmi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuta Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A separation member that is used to separate a conveyance object from two rotation members, the conveyance object having been sent out from a nip that is formed by the two rotation members that are in contact with one another, the separation member includes a wavy part directed toward the nip and inclined from a normal to a center line of the two rotation members at a predetermined angle. The wavy part covers a contact zone where the conveyance object can come into contact with the separation member along a conveyance direction and along a width direction of the conveyance object, and the wavy part has a plurality of depressions parallel to each other and extending in a direction inclined from the conveyance direction and inclined from the width direction, at least two of the depressions overlapping along the conveyance direction.