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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:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2003
Takateru Okubo, Shizuoka, JP;
Takateru Okubo, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention is to provide an image forming apparatus capable of suppressing a waving of a recording material. For this purpose, there is provided an image forming apparatus having: an image forming device for forming an image on a recording material; a fixing device for fixing the image formed on the recording material; and a recording material conveying device which is provided at a downstream side of the fixing device in a moving direction of the recording material, the conveying device including a first roller having a first shaft and a second roller having a second shaft and maintained in contact with the first roller; wherein the second roller includes a first portion provided in a vicinity of a passing reference of the recording material and maintained in contact with the first roller, and a second portion positioned farther from the reference than the first portion and having a diameter smaller than that of the first portion.
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