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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. 28, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Sadayuki Iwai, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Sadayuki Iwai, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G015/16 ; G03G015/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image formation device for forming an image on an image supporting member by an image formation unit. The device includes first and second transfer units that transfer an image formed on the same image supporting member to a recording medium having front and back sides, and an inverting unit that inverts the front and back sides of the recording medium by an inverting path while conveying the recording medium from the first transfer unit to the second transfer unit. The inverting unit includes a branched nail and conveyance rollers.