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Transporting device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus

US9658589B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 2016
Grant dateMay 23, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/5029
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A transporting device includes a detecting portion that detects a load applied to a driving portion provided for transporting a medium, an identifying portion that identifies a type of the medium from a result of detection performed by the detecting portion, and a correcting portion that fits, if a predetermined instruction is made, the result of detection to a predetermined reference characteristic of the load applied to the driving portion.

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