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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
Applicant:
Toshio Sugiura, Anjo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshio Sugiura, Anjo, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A recording medium conveying device that conveys a recording medium to a recording area, includes a pair of first conveyor rollers that are provided upstream of the recording area and convey a recording medium by nipping the recording medium therebetween, a detector that detects a position of the recording medium, a nipping force changing unit that changes the nipping force of the pair of first conveyor rollers, and a controller that controls an operation of the nipping force changing unit in accordance with the position of the recording medium detected by the detector.