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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2020
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Kaoru Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaro Iwamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hibiki Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Kamiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medium transport device includes a transport belt that is disposed in such a manner as to face an image holding unit holding an image and that is capable of moving circularly so as to transport a medium, a first stretching roller that stretches a portion of the transport belt and that is disposed in such a manner as to face the image holding unit, the first stretching roller being configured to transport the medium by nipping the medium between the image holding unit and the transport belt and configured to transfer the image held by the image holding unit onto the medium, a second stretching roller that stretches a portion of the transport belt that is located downstream from the portion of the transport belt stretched by the first stretching roller in a transport direction of the medium, a contact adjusting unit that causes a second end of the first stretching roller in an axial direction of the first stretching roller to swing while a first end of the first stretching roller serves as a fulcrum and adjusts a contact state between the image holding unit and the transport belt in a longitudinal direction of a contact region between the image holding unit and the transport belt, and a position adjusting unit that keeps a distance between the center of the first stretching roller and the center of the second stretching roller constant and adjusts a position of the second stretching roller with respect to the first stretching roller by causing a second end of the second stretching roller to swing while a first end of the second stretching roller serves as a fulcrum.