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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:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeshi Kamada, Atsugi, JP;
Kenichi Takehara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; G01D / ; B41J / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242563 ; 346136 ; 2425644 ; 242566 ; 226196 ; 347218 ;
Abstract
A decurling device wherein paper is transported from a roll while being decurled by a decurling roller. A controller controls the decurling by temporarily stopping rotation of the decurling roller. Particular embodiments include provision of a pressing plate pressing the paper toward the decurling roller and control of the roller in accordance with curl of the paper by detection of diameter of the roll and by detection of path the paper follows during feeding.