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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355282 ; 355275 ; 355290 ; 355309 ;
Abstract
An image recorder capable of preventing a non-fixed toner image carried on a paper sheet from being rubbed with no regard to the elasticity or the thickness of the paper sheet. A belt transports the paper sheet with a non-fixed toner image. An upper guide plate and a lower guide plate face each other for guiding the paper sheet to a fixing device. The relative position of the upper and lower guide plates and the belt is variable to prevent the non-fixed toner image from contacting the upper or lower guide plate.