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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Yuji Ohmura, Ibaraki, JP;
Tsukasa Onose, Ibaraki, JP;
Takeshi Terakado, Ibaraki, JP;
Hidenori Iwanaga, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Yuji Ohmura, Ibaraki, JP;
Tsukasa Onose, Ibaraki, JP;
Takeshi Terakado, Ibaraki, JP;
Hidenori Iwanaga, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 20/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A web transporting mechanism of a printing apparatus has a buffer mechanism section for absorbing a fluctuation of the web length from a transporting section to a fixing section generated by a difference between a speed of transporting a web in the transporting section and a speed of transporting a web in the fixing section. The web transporting mechanism includes at least one brake member suppressing a motion of a movable buffer. The brake member has a drive means.