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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Yasuyuki Sekino, Ibaraki, JP;
Junji Shirakawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Yutaka Shoji, Ibaraki, JP;
Takayuki Muneyasu, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuyuki Sekino, Ibaraki, JP;
Junji Shirakawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Yutaka Shoji, Ibaraki, JP;
Takayuki Muneyasu, Ibaraki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A moving unit includes first and second transportation paths that can selectively link to main transportation path of a recording sheet, a first roller arranged between the first and the second transportation paths, second and third rollers capable of making contact with the first roller across the first and the second transportation paths, respectively. When the moving unit moves to a position at which the first transportation path or the second transportation path is linked to the main transportation path, a mechanism varies a pressing force of the second roller or the third roller with respect to the first roller.