Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet position detection apparatus, sheet conveyance apparatus, and image formation apparatus
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Application No.: US16425103Application Date: 2019-05-29
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Publication No.: US11053091B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Masayuki Satou , Taisuke Minemura , Shoichi Yoshikawa , Yoshiyuki Toso
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-102369 20180529
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/14 ; B65H7/08 ; B65H9/16 ; B65H7/20 ; B65H5/06

Abstract:
Provided are a sheet position detection apparatus, a sheet conveyance apparatus, and an image formation apparatus. The sheet position detection apparatus has a first and a second conveyance roller which are arranged to oppose across a sheet to be conveyed and to nip the sheet, and a detector configured to detect an end position of the sheet, the detector has a light emitter and a light receptor arranged on the first conveyance roller side, the light emitter and the light receptor are arranged such that a light emitted from the light emitter is reflected on a reflective face of the second conveyance roller and enters the light receptor, and the detector detects passage of an end of the sheet based on a change in the amount of light entering the light receptor when the sheet shields a light emitted from the light emitter.
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