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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2003
Masaaki Tsuji, Wakayama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Adachi, Wakayama, JP;
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus of the invention includes carrying means for carrying an image-forming medium; a first position restricting member, unmovable in a widthwise direction of the image-forming medium, for restricting a position of one widthwise end of the image-forming medium carried by the carrying means; a second position restricting member, movable in a widthwise direction of the image-forming medium, for restricting a position of the other widthwise end of the image-forming medium; and an image-forming member for forming an image on the image-forming medium carried by the carrying means, the positions of both widthwise ends of the image-forming medium being restricted by the first position restricting member and the second position restricting member. Accordingly, the positions of both widthwise end of the image-forming medium carried by the carrying means are restricted by the first position restricting member and the second position restricting member.