Patent ID: 6128464
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B41M,G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for removing printing material from a recording member on which an image is recorded by the printing material, comprising:a releasing member which comes into pressure contact with the recording member to adhere to the printing material on the recording member, said releasing member being formed so as to have a predetermined radius of curvature at a separation point where the recording member is separated from the releasing member;a moving device which moves the releasing member in a direction toward the separation point; anda bending member which bends the recording member in a direction opposite to the releasing member so that the recording member has a radius of curvature smaller than the radius of curvature of the releasing member at the separation point, whereinthe recording member, which is in pressure contact with the releasing member, is moved in accordance with movement of the releasing member and bent by the bending member to separate from the releasing member at the separation point, thereby the printing material is removed from the recording member by being transferred to the releasing member.