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US 2007/0227380 A1Published application
Image recording apparatus
AssigneeDainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorShinsuke Yamashita
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Abstract
To record images accurately regardless of rigidity and size of a recording medium, each rear end clamp has a clamp rubber element for engaging a variable margin of the recording medium mounted peripherally of the recording drum. The margin is varied according to the rigidity of the recording medium. The margin is enlarged when the recording medium is highly rigid, and reduced when the recording medium is low in rigidity.
Claims14
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording drum for supporting a recording medium mounted peripherally thereof;
- forward end clamps for fixing a forward end of the recording medium mounted peripherally of said recording drum, to a peripheral surface of said recording drum;
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- rear end clamps for fixing a rear end of the recording medium mounted peripherally of said recording drum, to the peripheral surface of said recording drum, said rear end clamps being movable along recesses formed to extend circumferentially of said recording drum;
- said recording medium being mounted peripherally of said recording drum, with an edge of said recording medium axially of said recording drum overhanging one of said recesses;
- wherein a margin of the recording medium for gripping by said rear end clamps is changeable according to one of rigidity of the recording medium mounted peripherally of said recording drum and a length of the recording medium overhanging said one of said recesses.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.