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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2010
Haruyuki Honda, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Kazuyoshi Kondo, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Osaka, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Kazuyoshi Kondo, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conveyer includes a first rotating body; a second rotating body pair; and an intermediate rotating body arranged between the first rotating body and the second rotating body pair. A curl of the recording medium is corrected by winding and bending the recording medium around and with the intermediate rotating body at a bent angle formed by a tangent line shared by the intermediate rotating body and the first rotating body, and a line on which such a tangent line of the intermediate rotating body is connected to a nip point of the second rotating body pair. The intermediate rotating body includes an escape mechanism that is capable of causing the intermediate rotating body to escape in a direction to increase the bent angle depending on the width of the recording medium.