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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:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenji Ishii, Ibaraki, JP;
Masayuki Ainoya, Ibaraki, JP;
Junji Shirakawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Minoru Seino, Ibaraki, JP;
Hideki Ando, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/516 ; G03G 1/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/516 ; G03G 1/514 ;
Abstract
A transfer guide is provided which includes a guide member for guiding paper to a transfer point and a paper holding member using an electrically conductive member attached to the guide member by means of a spring member and disposed in the vicinity of a surface of a photosensitive drum, such that the gap becomes narrow for thin paper and the gap widens for thick paper in correspondence with the ream weight of the paper.