Patent ID: 11890858
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A coating apparatus comprising:
a coating member configured to coat a sheet with a coating agent;
a pressing member that is movable and is configured to abut on the coating member to form a nip;
an abutment member configured to abut on the coating member at a position different from a position of the nip; and
a restriction member configured to restrict movement of the coating member in a separation direction in which the coating member separates from the abutment member,
wherein the restriction member includes a wedge-shaped member having an abutment surface sloping relative to a direction perpendicularly crossing the separation direction, and the abutment surface is configured to directly or indirectly abut on the coating member.