| US 7,524,049 B2 | ||
| Recording apparatus | ||
| Atsuhisa Nakashima, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 25, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/277,498. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-100006 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0221164 A1, Oct. 05, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—104 [347/101; 347/14] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a plurality of feeder rollers including a drive roller;
an endless feeder belt which is wound around the feeder rollers in order to be circulated around the feeder rollers by operation
of the drive roller such that a path of circulation of the feeder belt includes a feeder-belt straight travel zone at which
the feeder belt travels straight, the feeder belt feeding a recording medium;
a plurality of detection rollers;
an endless detection belt which is a member formed separately from the feeder belt and wound around the detection rollers
such that the detection belt is circulated with the feeder belt by contacting the circulated feeder belt at at least a part
of the feeder-belt straight travel zone which part constitutes an overlapping zone, the detection belt having a plurality
of detection marks arranged at constant intervals along an extending direction of the detection belt;
at least one pair of nip rollers, each pair cooperating with each other to nip the feeder belt and the detection belt together,
at at least a part of the overlapping zone;
a detecting device which detects the detection marks in the detection belt; and
a recording portion which records an image on the recording medium as fed by the feeder belt, according to a result of the
detection by the detecting device.
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