US 12,134,265 B2
Image forming apparatus
Soichi Saiga, Tokyo (JP); Atsushi Yanaka, Saitama (JP); and Kiyoshi Tsukamura, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Soichi Saiga, Tokyo (JP); Atsushi Yanaka, Saitama (JP); and Kiyoshi Tsukamura, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/690,383.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-058758 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2021; and application No. 2022-016445 (JP), filed on Feb. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314663 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B41J 13/02 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 13/025 (2013.01) [B41J 13/103 (2013.01); B41J 13/106 (2013.01); B41J 29/393 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a printing device configured to print an image on a plate-shaped printing medium;
a nipping rotator configured to convey the plate-shaped printing medium;
an upstream support stand configured to support the plate-shaped printing medium at a position upstream from the nipping rotator in a conveyance direction of the plate-shaped printing medium;
a plurality of rotators disposed side by side;
a supporter supporting the plurality of rotators;
an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust relative positions of the plurality of rotators and the supporter;
a downstream support stand configured to support the plate-shaped printing medium at a position downstream from the nipping rotator in the conveyance direction;
a plurality of downstream rotators disposed side by side;
a downstream supporter supporting the plurality of downstream rotators; and
a downstream biasing mechanism configured to bias the plurality of downstream rotators against the plate-shaped printing medium.