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Recording apparatus with improved recording medium conveying device

US5170184A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
12References
23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 27, 1990
Grant dateDec 8, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 27, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J25/308
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides an image recording apparatus, comprising a conveying rotary member for conveying a sheet by rotating while contacting the sheet, an image recording device disposed in confronting relation to the conveying rotary member and adapted to record an image on the sheet conveyed by the conveying rotary member, a pressing member disposed at an upstream side of the image recording device in a sheet conveying direction and adapted to press the sheet against the conveying rotary member, a biasing device engaged by the pressing member and adapted to bias the pressing member toward the conveying rotary member, and a shifting device for shifting the biasing device to a position where the biasing device does not act on the pressing member.

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