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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideo Hashimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271272 ; 198814 ; 198817 ; 271274 ; 271275 ;
Abstract
The sheet transportation belt apparatus comprises a plurality of juxtaposed transportation belts trained over a plurality of guide rollers and a cylindrical member which is in pressure contact with the juxtaposed transportation belts and sheets are brought into pressure contact with the surface of the cylindrical member by the juxtaposed transportation belts and are then carried on the juxtaposed transportation belts. The tension applied to each transportation belt is decreased in the direction from the central portion to each side portion of the juxtaposed transportation belts.