Transport roller, transport mechanism, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshitaka Matsumoto, Masaru Tsuji, Hidetoshi Kaneko
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Abstract
A transport roller is provided in a transport path in order to transport paper, the transport roller transporting the paper downstream in the transport path by making contact with the paper, and At least one contact portion that makes contact with the paper is provided in the transport roller. The contact portion is deformable in a direction that releases pressing force received from the paper when transporting the paper.
Claims11
A transport roller provided in a transport path in order to transport paper, the transport roller transporting the paper downstream in the transport path by making contact with the paper;
- the transport roller comprising:
- at least one contact portion that makes contact with the paper, and is deformable in a direction that releases pressing force received from the paper when transporting the paper,
- wherein a protruding portion with a bent tip is formed, the tip of the protruding portion being the contact portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.