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US 12,384,643 B2Granted
Paper transport device
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsYasutaka Naito, Koichi Imazu, Noriyuki Miyoshi, Kouichi Kimura, Makoto Hasegawa, Satoshi Nakamura, Masakatsu Eda
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Abstract
A paper transport device includes a transport mechanism that transports paper to which an image is transferred to a fixing device while sucking the paper and a switching mechanism that switches between suction regions in a width direction of the transport mechanism, which corresponds to a width direction of the paper, according to a size of the paper.
Claims11
A paper transport device comprising:
- a transport mechanism that transports paper to which an image is transferred to a fixing device while sucking the paper, wherein the transport mechanism comprises a transport belt;
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- a switching mechanism that switches between suction regions in a width direction of the transport mechanism, which corresponds to a width direction of the paper, according to a size of the paper, wherein the switching mechanism is a shutter having an open space, and the transport mechanism is configured to suck the paper via the open space,
- wherein the switching mechanism is configured to move in the width direction of the transport mechanism, and
- the suction regions have different widths,
- wherein an imaginary line connects a position where the image is transferred to the paper and a position where the image is fixed to the paper by the fixing device to each other, and
- the transport mechanism is provided at a position farther from the imaginary line than a first position is, wherein the first position is a position at which paper wrinkles occur in a case where a speed at which the paper is transported at the position where the image is fixed to the paper is slower than a speed at which the paper is transported at the position where the image is transferred to the paper.
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