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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:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideaki Kodama, Okazaki, JP;
Eiji Nakane, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 66 ; 399121 ;
Abstract
A pressing force adjusting mechanism decreases a pressing force of a pressing member 16 when a leading edge or a rear edge of a transfer material P passes through a transfer point P1 based on the detection signals from a transfer material position sensor 57 and/or a transfer material type sensor 58.