Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet stacking unit, and sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus each including the sheet stacking unit
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Application No.: US15706325Application Date: 2017-09-15
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Publication No.: US10459394B2Publication Date: 2019-10-29
- Inventor: Takashi Morita
- 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: JP2016-194055 20160930
- Main IPC: B65H1/04
- IPC: B65H1/04 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A sheet stacking unit of the disclosure includes a sheet stacking plate, a cursor, and a detection sensor. The cursor includes an alignment part for performing widthwise alignment of a document, and a rack extending along the widthwise direction. The detection sensor is placed opposite the rack, and has a light-emitting portion and a light-receiving portion. A plurality of detection-object parts placed in the rack along the widthwise direction have optical characteristics of different reflectivities or transmissivities from one another with respect to light emitted from the light-emitting portion. The controller detects a widthwise size of the document on a basis of output values from the detection sensor which detects light reflected or transmitted by the detection-object parts.
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