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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2007
Mikio Ishibashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Reki Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhisa Sudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Megumi Ohtoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masafumi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yukiko Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Koinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Sakamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Suda, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Ishibashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Reki Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhisa Sudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Megumi Ohtoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masafumi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yukiko Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Koinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Sakamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Suda, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pair of registration rollers align a leading edge of a recording medium having a transparent section and a non-transparent section. A boundary sensor detects a boundary between the transparent section and the non-transparent section. The boundary sensor is provided on a downstream side of a direction of conveying the recording medium by the registration rollers.