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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Hikaru Iino, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Nobe, Nagoya, JP;
Hikaru Iino, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Nobe, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device includes a sheet container unit that stores a plurality of sheets, an image forming unit that forms an image on a particular surface of a sheet that is conveyed from the sheet container unit, and a re-conveying unit that re-conveys the sheet to the image forming unit. The re-conveying unit includes a conveyor roller set that conveys the sheet. The conveyor roller set includes a pinch roller and a driving roller that receives a driving force and that contacts the particular surface of the sheet. The driving roller has a greater coefficient of friction than the pinch roller.