Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeding device, image forming apparatus, and method for controlling sheet feeding device
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Application No.: US16057007Application Date: 2018-08-07
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Publication No.: US10308451B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Tomoyuki Kikuta
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Stein IP, LLC
- Priority: JP2017-160900 20170824
- Main IPC: B65H1/18
- IPC: B65H1/18 ; B65H1/04 ; B65H1/26 ; B65H1/14 ; B65H7/02

Abstract:
A sheet feeding device includes a cassette and a first sensor unit. The first sensor unit includes a first conductive plate and a first coil circuit board, so as to output a first output value corresponding to a position of the first conductive plate. A first moving mechanism moves the first conductive plate according to remaining quantity of paper sheets. The first conductive plate is attached to the cassette. The first coil circuit board is not attached to the cassette. A control unit determines current remaining quantity of paper sheets based on a magnitude of the first output value. The control unit determines whether or not the cassette is attached based on the magnitude of the first output value and a reference value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190062079A1 SHEET FEEDING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SHEET FEEDING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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