Patent ID: 6575459
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
A recording-medium transport device having a plurality of rollers with an endless transport belt engaged therearound for transporting a recording medium, said endless transport belt having a span disposed between a distal roller and a proximal roller, said span having a transporting side for bearing and transporting thereon a recording medium on which image formation means forms an image and a back side, said recording-medium transport device comprising:a pair of pinch rollers separate from said plurality of rollers to pinch the recording medium together with said endless transport belt and thus transport the recording medium toward the image formation means, wherein said pair of pinch rollers includes an outer pinch roller and an inner pinch roller, wherein said outer pinch roller contacts the upper surface of the transporting side of the span of the endless transport belt and said inner pinch roller contacts the back side of the span of said endless transport belt.