Image forming apparatus
US4799084A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00679
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station for conveying a sheet material along a lateral reference position and for forming an image on the sheet material; refeeding device for refeeding to the image forming station the sheet material on which the image has been formed in the image forming station; means, provided in the sheet refeeding means, for shifting the sheet material in the lateral direction from the lateral reference position by a predetermined amount, wherein the amount of the shift is predetermined on the basis of a change in a lateral dimension of the sheet material resulting from an image forming operation in the image station.
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