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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Katsunori Kikuchihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Hyakutake, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Katsunori Kikuchihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Hyakutake, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A warpage leveling unit includes a surface roughening member that is provided to oppose to a side end portion of an image carrier which has an endless-belt-shape, is entrained around a plurality of rollers, and carries an image on a surface of the image carrier, wherein the surface roughening member comes into contact with a surface of the side end portion which is warped.