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US 11,358,403 B2Granted
Web loader, conveyor, dryer, and printer
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTetsuya Ohba
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Abstract
A web loader includes a web holder configured to hold a web, a traction member configured to hold the web holder and travel along a loading path of the web, a drive rotation body configured to drive the traction member to travel, and a limiter configured to limit a drive force applied to the drive rotation body.
Claims20
A web loader comprising:
- a web holder configured to hold a web;
- a traction member configured to hold the web holder and travel along a loading path of the web;
- a drive rotation body configured to drive the traction member to travel;
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- a limiter disposed between a rotatable shaft and the drive rotation body, and configured to limit a drive force applied to the drive rotation body by rotation of the rotatable shaft.
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A web loader comprising:
- a web holder configured to hold a web;
- a traction member configured to hold the web holder and travel along a loading path of the web;
- a drive sprocket attached to a drive shaft, and configured to drive the traction member to travel;
- an operation handle configured to apply a drive force to rotate the drive sprocket to move the traction member;
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- a limiter disposed between the operation handle and the drive sprocket, and configured to limit the drive force applied to the drive sprocket by rotation of the operation handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.