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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
Takahiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehiko Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehiko Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are a sheet conveying device and an ink jet recording apparatus capable of conveying a sheet in close contact with a drum without wrinkles. In a sheet conveying mechanism which presses a pressing roller against the front surface of a sheet being conveyed by a conveying drum to bring the sheet into close contact with the outer circumferential surface of the conveying drum, a back tension application device is provided at a position immediately before the sheet enters between the conveying drum and the pressing roller. The back tension application device sucks the front surface of the sheet to apply back tension to the sheet. Therefore, it is possible to prevent slackness of the sheet which enters between the pressing roller and the conveying drum and to prevent the occurrence of wrinkles.