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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2021
Yusuke Komine, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiya Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Teiichiro Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Hamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Huizee Then, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehisa Shibasaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Yusuke Komine, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiya Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Teiichiro Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Hamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
HuiZee Then, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehisa Shibasaki, Ibaraki, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a rotatable conveying member, and a suction device. The image forming device forms an image on a continuous recording medium. The conveying member has a hollow drum shape. The conveying member conveys the continuous recording medium. The suction device is disposed inside the hollow drum shape of the conveying member. The suction device sucks the continuous recording medium through the conveying member in a fixed region in which the continuous recording medium and the conveying member are in contact with each other.