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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2000
Shinji Hozumi, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To make it possible to transfer an image to an exact position even on a sheet of a maximum size having cutoff margins around a maximum image area of the image-forming module, the invention provides a sheet transport device ( ) comprising a registration/transport member ( ) provided in a sheet path upstream of a target location (P) for correctly positioning a sheet ( ) in a sheet transport direction and transporting it toward the target location (P), and a sheet alignment mechanism ( ) provided in the sheet path upstream of the target location (P) for moving the sheet ( ) in a direction perpendicular to the sheet transport direction to align the sheet ( ) to a reference position predefined for each set of sheet information. The invention also provides an image-forming apparatus incorporating the sheet transport device ( ).