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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Applicant:
Shinji Imoto, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shinji Imoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet of paper is conveyed by a convey roller to a print receiving member and pushed forward thereon while being supported by ribs and pressed downward by pressing members so as to keep a predetermined distance between the paper and a recording head while an image is printed on the paper. Since the pressing members press respective side portions of the paper, the paper can be bent downward outside the outmost ribs and prevented from rising at the side portions.