Medium transport device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsYusuke Itozaki, Makio Uehara, Toshitaka Tanaka, Hiroyuki Momiyama, Masashi Matsumoto
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Abstract
A medium transport device includes a guide configured to guide a medium on which an image is recorded, and curved along a transport direction of the medium, and an actuator configured to actuate the guide between a contact position where the guide is in contact with the medium and a separation position where the guide is separated from the medium. The guide is configured to move to the contact position until a leading edge of the medium in the transport direction passes along the guide, and move to the separation position after the leading edge of the medium in the transport direction has passed along the guide.
Claims17
A medium transport device comprising:
- a guide configured to guide a medium on which an image is recorded, and curved along a transport direction of the medium;
- and
- an actuator configured to actuate the guide between a contact position where the guide is in contact with the medium and a separation position where the guide is separated from the medium,
- wherein the guide is configured to move to the contact position until a leading edge of the medium in the transport direction passes along the guide, and move to the separation position after the leading edge of the medium in the transport direction has passed along the guide,
- wherein the guide is disposed in a reversing path along which a medium having an image formed on a first side is transported to reverse sides of the medium and form another image on a second side, and
- wherein the guide is configured to face the first side.
A medium transport device comprising:
- a guide configured to guide a medium on which an image is recorded, and curved along a transport direction of the medium;
- an actuator configured to actuate the guide between a contact position where the guide is in contact with the medium and a separation position where the guide is separated from the medium;
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- a pressure detector disposed on the guide, and configured to detect a pressure received from the medium,
- wherein the guide is configured to move to the contact position until a leading edge of the medium in the transport direction passes along the guide, and move to the separation position after the leading edge of the medium in the transport direction has passed along the guide, and
- wherein the guide is configured to move to the separation position if the pressure detected by the pressure detector has reached a predetermined pressure after the leading edge of the medium in the transport direction has passed along the guide.
A medium transport device comprising:
- a guide configured to guide a medium on which an image is recorded, and curved along a transport direction of the medium;
- an actuator configured to actuate the guide between a contact position where the guide is in contact with the medium and a separation position where the guide is separated from the medium;
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- a controller configured to control the actuator to move the guide to the contact position until a leading edge of the medium in the transport direction passes along the guide, and move the guide to the separation position after the leading edge of the medium in the transport direction has passed along the guide,
- wherein the guide is disposed in a reversing path along which a medium having an image formed on a first side is transported to reverse sides of the medium and form another image on a second side, and
- wherein the guide is configured to face the first side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.