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Ink-jet image forming device

US6161973A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 10, 1998
Grant dateDec 19, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J11/20
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A first position control member, which presses a recording sheet between a sheet conveyance roller 28c and an image forming area, is disposed and a second position control member, which presses the recording sheet between the image forming area and a spur 42, is disposed. Thus, of the recording sheet in the course of conveyance, a portion located at the image forming area is pressed and stretched by the first position control member 34 and the second position control member 38, and an interval between this portion and an ink ejection surface is maintained at a predetermined distance. Accordingly, even if ink ejected from the ink ejection outlets is absorbed into the recording sheet, so that a fiber of the recording sheet expands, no unevenness is formed on the recording sheet. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the cocking.

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