Decurling device and image forming apparatus including the same
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorHiroyuki Momiyama
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Abstract
A decurling device is provided on a downstream side with respect to a fixing device in a medium transporting direction and straightens a curl formed in a medium transported to the decurling device. The decurling device includes a bending unit extending across the medium transporting direction and that bends the medium in a decurling direction by coming into contact with a leading end of the medium; and a position adjusting unit that adjusts, in a medium crosswise direction, tilt of a contact part of the bending unit, the contact part coming into contact with the leading end of the medium exited from the fixing device.
Claims19
A decurling device provided on a downstream side with respect to a fixing device in a medium transporting direction and that straightens a curl formed in a medium transported to the decurling device, the decurling device comprising:
- a bending unit that extends across the medium transporting direction and that bends the medium in a decurling direction by coming into contact with a leading end of the medium;
- a position adjusting unit that adjusts, in a medium crosswise direction, tilt of a contact part of the bending unit, the contact part coming into contact with the leading end of the medium exited from the fixing device at a position away from the fixing device;
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- a transporting unit that is provided between the fixing device and the bending unit and that transports the medium while nipping the medium,
- wherein the transporting unit includes a plurality of separate transporting members arranged at intervals in the medium crosswise direction and each having a nipping site where the medium is nipped.
A decurling device provided on a downstream side with respect to a fixing device in a medium transporting direction and that straightens a curl formed in a medium transported to the decurling device, the decurling device comprising:
- a bending unit that extends across the medium transporting direction and that bends the medium in a decurling direction by coming into contact with a leading end of the medium;
- a position adjusting unit that adjusts, in a medium crosswise direction, tilt of a contact part of the bending unit, the contact part coming into contact with the leading end of the medium exited from the fixing device at a position away from the fixing device;
- a skew detector that detects a state of skew of the medium exited from the fixing device with respect to a reference line extending in the medium transporting direction;
- a controller that controls a length of travel of the position adjusting unit in accordance with information detected by the skew detector;
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- a transporting unit that is provided between the fixing device and the bending unit and that transports the medium while nipping the medium,
- wherein the transporting unit includes a plurality of separate transporting members arranged at intervals in the medium crosswise direction and each having a nipping site where the medium is nipped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.