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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Akihiro Mine, Kobe, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimori, Kobe, JP;
Masahiro Yoshizato, Kobe, JP;
Toshiyuki Hirai, Kobe, JP;
Toshihiro Tamura, Kobe, JP;
Keishi Yamamoto, Kobe, JP;
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Abstract
The inventive sheet conveying roller includes a plurality of linear projections provided on an outer peripheral surface of a roller body of an elastic material and each having a generally right-angled triangular cross section which includes a hypotenuse edge and an adjoining edge provided on a forward side and on a rearward side, respectively, with respect to a roller body rotation direction, the adjoining edge aligning with a line perpendicular to a center axis of the roller body. The linear projections are rounded with the hypotenuse edges and the adjoining edges thereof connected to each other by curves as seen in section, and provided integrally with the roller body to be equidistantly arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the roller body.