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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Hitoshi Nishitani, Ohta-ku, JP;
Gen Kitamura, Ohta-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Hitoshi Nishitani, Ohta-ku, JP;
Gen Kitamura, Ohta-ku, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A U-shaped transport path has a pair of transport rollers and a pair of rotating rollers which convey the sheet material at the maximum curvature along the U-shaped transport path so that an image recording apparatus can be miniaturized.