Shape-correcting device for sheets and electrophotographic device
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Aug 24, 2004
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Mar 27, 2003
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Aug 30, 2002
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Sep 21, 2001
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A shape-correcting device, an electrophotographic device (incorporating the shape-correcting device), and a method therefor that correct shaping of a sheet, include a sheet guide member positioned in a sheet transport path upstream from an image forming module formed with an arcuate section that is convex relative to the surface of the sheet and a rotatable roller opposed to the arcuate section and slidable along a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis thereof. The roller rotates and presses the sheet against the arcuate section at a predetermined timing synchronized with a timing and position of the leading end of the sheet.
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