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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shinji Hikita, Minami-Ashigara, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/332 ; B65H 2/304 ; F26B 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/332 ; B65H 2/304 ; F26B 1/102 ;
Abstract
In a web transporting apparatus that transports a web while floating the web by jetting air from jetting holes formed in a transporting surface to the web, edge rollers that is rotatable and supports edges of the web are provided at both ends of the transporting surface. The web is transported while the edges of the web are supported by the edge rollers, and thus a floating amount of the web can be kept. Also, the supplied air can be prevented from escaping from a space between the transporting surface and the web through the edges of the web, and the web can be stably floated and transported with little air.