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US 9,665,054 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus with transport for magnetic sheets
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazufumi Ishida
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Abstract
A magnetic sheet transport apparatus according to an embodiment includes a transport path on which a magnetic sheet having a magnetic flux is transported. A magnetic member is disposed on the transport path. A separation unit is disposed on the magnetic member. The separation unit causes the magnetic sheet to be separated from the magnetic member so that the magnetic sheet being transported on the transport path is not pushed onto the magnetic member by the magnetic flux.
Claims4
A method of transporting a magnetic sheet comprising the steps of:
- transporting a magnetic sheet having a magnetic flux on a transport path though an image forming section in which an image is formed on the magnetic sheet, at least a portion of the transport path being formed of a magnetic member;
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- separating, with a separation unit disposed on the magnetic member, the magnetic sheet from a surface of the magnetic member so that the magnetic sheet being transported on the transport path is not pushed onto the magnetic member by the magnetic flux.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.