Sheet feeding or delivering – Delivering – Optional face or back
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-29
2010-06-01
Mackey, Patrick (Department: 3653)
Sheet feeding or delivering
Delivering
Optional face or back
C271S186000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07726644
ABSTRACT:
There is described a paper sheet conveyance apparatus and an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible not only to achieve the minimization and the cost reduction of the apparatus; but also to achieve the high-speed conveyance operation of the paper sheet without generating any step out of the stepping motor. The paper sheet conveyance apparatus, includes: a pair of conveyance rollers to convey a paper sheet; and a stepping motor to drive one of the pair of conveyance rollers. At least one of the conveyance rollers is a roller made of aluminum alloy metal. Further, the roller made of the aluminum alloy metal is shaped in a hallow cylinder. Still further, a surface hardening treatment is applied to a circumferential surface of the roller made of the aluminum alloy metal.
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patent: 2005-350245 (2005-12-01), None
Isohara Hideo
Katayama Yoshiki
Sekine Tetsu
Frishauf Holtz Goodman & Chick P.C.
Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc.
Mackey Patrick
McCullough Michael C
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