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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2016
Teppei Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Namekata, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Sakamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masateru Ujiie, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Namekata, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Sakamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masateru Ujiie, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A separation device includes an endless belt, a rotary body, a separation supporter, and a transfer mechanism. The separation supporter presses against an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt downstream from an area of contact between the endless belt and the rotary body in a recording medium conveyance direction to curve the endless belt toward an outer circumferential surface side of the endless belt at a greater curvature than a curvature of the endless belt at the area of contact between the endless belt and the rotary body. The transfer mechanism switches the separation supporter between a first position and a second position farther from the area of contact between the endless belt and the rotary body than the first position.
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