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Transport device, image forming apparatus, and image reading apparatus

US9428354B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 2015
Grant dateAug 30, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0081
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a transport device including a first roller that is driven to rotate by a driving section, and transports a recording medium, a second roller that includes a second rotating shaft and a second rotating section, and pushes the transported recording medium against the first roller, the second rotating section including a first member that comes into contact with the recording medium, and a second member that comes into contact with the second roller when the recording medium having a predetermined size is transported, and a measurement unit that measures speed at which second rotating shaft rotates, wherein a force with which the first member rotates the second rotating shaft is greater than a force with which the second member rotates the second rotating shaft.

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