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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. 26, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Finetech Inc., Ibaraki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/300 ;
Abstract
Between adjacent pinch rollers , an auxiliary roller is provided coaxially with the pinch rollers . A large diameter portion of the auxiliary roller presses down a recording medium on a platen . Between the auxiliary roller and an image formation zone , there is provided a downstream sheet-pressing member . The large diameter portion of the downstream sheet-pressing member also presses down the recording medium against the platen