Patent ID: 6370351
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An apparatus for transporting a web-shaped recording medium in an electrographic printer or copier device having a housing, comprising:a carrier carrying a plurality of drive and guide elements, said carrier being pivotably seated at the housing of the printer or copier device via a carrier shaft and being capable of being pivoted back and forth between a working position and a service position; a drive drum seated at the carrier, the recording medium being transported by said drive drum with friction and a drum proceeding coaxially with the carrier shaft; contact pressure member with which the recording medium is pressed against a toner transfer means in the transfer printing area of the printer or copier device; and a force transmitting member with which a retaining moment is transmitted onto the recording medium during pivot motion for stabilizing a position of the recording medium relative to the drive drum.