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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1995
Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Iwate-ken, JP;
Takanobu Matsuura, Iwate-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A curl straightening device for removing a curl from a paper sheet which is caused during printing by a printer. The curl straightening device includes a supporting platen which supports a curled paper sheet after printing is performed on a first surface of the paper sheet, a carriage which is reciprocatingly movable along the supporting platen, and a pressing member, mounted on the carriage and positioned on an opposite side of the paper sheet from the platen. The pressing member presses against a second surface of the paper sheet as the carriage moves along the platen so as to remove the curl from the paper sheet which is caused by printing on the first surface of the paper sheet.