Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
Image forming apparatus which decreases a sheet transportation speed difference between a registration device and a transfer device
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer material transportation device to transport a transfer material; a transfer device to transfer a toner image to the transfer material transported by the transfer material transportation device; a fusing device, disposed after the transfer device, to fuse a toner image on the transfer material transported by the transfer material transportation device; a registration device, disposed before the transfer device, to feed the transfer material, supplied from a sheet feeder, to the transfer device; and a biasing device, disposed for the registration device, to regulate movement of the registration device to decrease a speed difference between a transfer material transport speed generated by the transfer device and a transfer material transport speed generated by the registration device.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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G03G
inventional
Masashi Tomohiko Tomoya
Yamamoto Fujii Adachi