IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

To reduce the length of a conveyance path of a medium compared with a configuration where the conveyance path of the medium from a starting position to an end position is linear, thereby reducing the size of the apparatus.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus comprises: an attachment table 420 to whi...

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Main Authors KODERA TETSUO, YOSHIOKA TOMOAKI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published 16.01.2024
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Summary:To reduce the length of a conveyance path of a medium compared with a configuration where the conveyance path of the medium from a starting position to an end position is linear, thereby reducing the size of the apparatus.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus comprises: an attachment table 420 to which a medium 500 is attached; a transfer unit 100 that transfers an image to the medium 500; and a conveying mechanism 400 that conveys the attachment table 420 along a conveyance path that has a conveyance starting position set to one side of the transfer unit 100, returns after passing through the transfer part 100, and has a conveyance end position set on the same side as the conveyance starting position with respect to the transfer part 100.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】開始位置から終了位置に至る媒体の搬送経路が直線的な構成と比較して、媒体の搬送経路を短縮して装置の小型化を可能とする。【解決手段】媒体５００が取り付けられる取付台４２０と、媒体５００に画像を転写する転写部１００と、転写部１００の一方の側に搬送開始位置が設定され、転写部１００を超えて折り返し、転写部１００に対して搬送開始位置と同じ側に搬送終了位置が設定された搬送経路に沿って取付台４２０を搬送する搬送機構４００と、を備える。【選択図】図１
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20220103396