公开(公告)号：US11550244B1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US17543067

申请日：2021-12-06

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Hideki Kuge ,  Takayuki Ukawa ,  Kei Tanaka ,  Masataka Momma ,  Norio Ogawahara

IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract: A recording-medium transport device includes: a rotating first and second member, the first and second member forming a nip area therebetween and transporting a recording medium while nipping; a gripping member that grips the recording medium; a separating member that separates the recording medium passing through the nip area from the first or second member; and a control mechanism that controls contact and separation between the first and second member and opening and closing the gripping member where, in a first section, the gripping member passes between the first and second member, the first and second member are separated, and the gripping member is opened to release the recording medium until the first and second member come into contact with each other and, in a second section subsequent to the first section and before the recording medium reaches the separating member, the gripping member opens wider than the first section.