Recording apparatus and method thereof and removing claw therefor
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuaki Kinjyou
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Abstract
A removing claw 164 has a width W1 in a cross direction of 5 [mm] and a rectangular cross section with a height reduced toward a tip, and both ends of an upper side of the rectangle are chamfered to have a chamfered portion with a radius of r=1 [mm]. Consequently, a contact area of a toner sheet with the removing claw 164 is large. Therefore, a face pressure of a surface of the removing claw 164 where the toner sheet is to be delivered is reduced. Accordingly, the toner sheet can be delivered while being removed by the removing claw 164 without a material thereof rubbed and shaved by the surface of the removing claw and shaved by both ends of the upper side of the removing claw 164 even if the toner sheet comes in contact with the removing claw.
Claims7
A recording apparatus comprising:
- removing means for removing a recording medium from the medium fixing member, said recording medium being fixed to a medium fixing member such that an active surface of the recording medium is facing to the medium fixing member,
- wherein the removing means has,
- a removing claw, the removing claw having an upper face that is operative to contact the recording medium;
- side faces, the side faces respectively having a height which is reduced toward a tip such that portions joining the upper face and the side faces respectively are rounded to form rounded portions which extend along the length of the side faces;
- and
- a non-curvilinear portion provided between the rounded portions.
A removing claw for removing a toner sheet or an image receiving sheet from a medium fixing member, the removing claw comprising:
- an upper face that is operative to contact the recording medium;
- side faces, the side faces respectively having a height that is reduced toward a tip such that portions joining the upper face and the side faces respectively are rounded to form rounded portions which extend along the length of the side faces;
- and
- a non-curvilinear portion provided between the rounded portions.
A recording method utilizing a recording apparatus having a removing claw comprising:
- fixing the image receiving sheet onto the medium fixing member, said image receiving sheet having an image receiving layer to receive an image of a recorded image;
- fixing the toner sheet onto the image receiving sheet;
- and
- removing the toner sheet or the image receiving sheet from the medium fixing member using a removing claw, the removing claw having,
- an upper face that is operative to contact the recording medium;
- side faces, the side faces respectively having a height which is reduced toward a tip such that portions joining the upper face and the side faces respectively are rounded to form rounded portions which extend along the length of the side faces;
- and
- a non-curvilinear portion provided between the rounded portions, such that the toner sheet or the image receiving sheet applies a pressure to an the upper face of the removing claw including the rounded portions upon removal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.