Image transfer apparatus
US5408297A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03F3/102
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image transfer apparatus, which comprises a platen (8) to which an image-forming material is to be attached and a transfer cylinder (1) to which an image receptor is to be attached, and which is for transferring an image formed in a photosensitive layer of an image-forming material to an image receptor by the introduction of the image-forming material and the image receptor into a nip formed by the platen and the transfer cylinder by the rotation of the platen and the transfer cylinder, the apparatus having an image-forming material attaching device comprising a device for holding the top end side of the image receptor to a platen surface along the entire width of the image receptor and a device for holding the bottom end side of the image receptor to a platen surface along the entire width of the image receptor, the device for holding the top end side being a pin bar (13) having pins protruded from an inside of a blanket (10) in a slope portion (12) continued from a partial cut-off portion formed in the platen.
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