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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Hisashi Igi, Nagoya, JP;
Junji Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Hisashi Igi, Nagoya, JP;
Junji Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a recording unit that forms an image on a recording medium, a recording medium conveying unit, which confronts the recording unit, and which includes a recording medium supporting surface including a hole, a suction unit that draws air through the hole to draw the recording medium in order to stick the recording medium to the recording medium supporting surface, and a re-conveying unit that re-conveys the recording medium to an upstream of the recording medium conveying unit in a conveying direction, wherein the suction unit discharges air toward the recording medium that is being conveyed by the re-conveying unit.