Patent ID: 6644187
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B41F,B65H

Abstract:
A printer comprising:at least one image carrier; and a sheet conveying device for conveying a sheet to which an image is to be transferred from said image carrier; said sheet conveying device comprising: a chain driven to run through an image transfer region, which is positioned immediately adjacent said image carrier, from an upstream side to a downstream side in a direction of sheet conveyance; and a clamper affixed to said chain for clamping the sheet fed at a sheet feed position, which is located at an upstream side of said image transfer region, wherein said chain is passed over a pair of toothed pulleys and has a circumferential pitch length that is an integral multiple of a circumferential length of said image carrier, and a number of teeth that is an integral multiple of a number of teeth of one of said pair of pulleys.