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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1986
Filed:
May. 09, 1983
Yutaka Koizumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Eiichi Akutsu, Ichikawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes an image bearing or forming drum which is driven to rotate in a predetermined direction at constant speed. As the drum rotates, an image is formed on its peripheral surface electrostatically or electrophotographically. The image, developed or undeveloped, on the drum is then transferred to a transfer medium with the stiffness of the transfer medium being adjusted prior to the transfer. The drum has a diameter which is small enough for the transfer medium to be separated away from the drum by its own stiffness after image transfer, thereby allowing to dispose of an extra separating device and to make the whole apparatus compact in size and simple in structure.