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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. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kaneo Yoda, Nagano, JP;
Nobumasa Abe, Nagano, JP;
Yujiro Nomura, Nagano, JP;
Saburo Furukawa, Nagano, JP;
Kuniaki Tanaka, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399159 ; 430 69 ;
Abstract
An image carrier device which includes a flexible cylindrical thin image carrier, a support member for supporting both ends of the image carrier and a cylindrical member having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the image carrier. The cylindrical member is disposed inside of the image carrier, wherein the cylindrical member is disposed at an interval between an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member and an inner peripheral surface of the image carrier, such that the interval is smaller than the allowable deformation of the image carrier.