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US 2026/0200252 A1Published application
Conveyor and image forming apparatus
OwnerEr Sin KHOO, Teppei KIKUCHI +1inventors
InventorsEr Sin KHOO, Teppei KIKUCHI, Hiroyuki YAMASHITA
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Abstract
A conveyor includes a heater and a support. The heater heats a medium. The support includes a fixed base and a movable portion. The support supports the medium conveyed in a conveyance direction. The movable portion is movable between: a first position at which the movable portion is at a first distance from the fixed base in the conveyance direction; and a second position at which the movable portion is at a second distance larger than the first distance from the fixed base in the conveyance direction when the support is heated by the heater.
Claims10
A conveyor comprising:
- a heater to heat a medium;
- and
- a support including:
- a fixed base;
- and
- a movable portion, and
- the support supporting the medium conveyed in a conveyance direction,
- wherein the movable portion is movable between:
- a first position at which the movable portion is at a first distance from the fixed base in the conveyance direction;
- and
- a second position at which the movable portion is at a second distance larger than the first distance from the fixed base in the conveyance direction when the support is heated by the heater.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.