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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2003
Hideomi Sakuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Imoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yohichi Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yasuda, Gifu, JP;
Akira Ishii, Aichi, JP;
Hideomi Sakuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Imoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yohichi Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yasuda, Gifu, JP;
Akira Ishii, Aichi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording device is disclosed that is capable of precisely defining the gap between a conveyance belt and a recording head and maintaining good flatness of the conveyance belt and a recording medium being conveyed. A guide unit is arranged to push a portion of the conveyance belt from the inner side to approach the recording unit. The guide unit has a number of projecting ribs formed on the surface of the guide unit in contact with the conveyance belt and arranged to be perpendicular to the rolling direction of the conveyance belt.