Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus that detects deterioration of a spring used to bias a sheet locking member
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Application No.: US16703238Application Date: 2019-12-04
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Publication No.: US11221578B2Publication Date: 2022-01-11
- Inventor: Taku Kimura , Masahiro Kamiya , Junichi Masuda , Masahiro Nonoyama , Kouei Cho , Akimasa Ishikawa
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-240906 20181225
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; B65H9/00 ; B65H5/06

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyance path that conveys a sheet; registration rollers that are arranged across the conveyance path and each comprise a nip part; a sheet locking member that locks a front end of a sheet conveyed in the conveyance path, where the sheet locking member swings between a first attitude and a second attitude, in the first attitude the sheet locking member locks the sheet on an upstream side of the nip part, and in the second attitude the sheet locking member is retracted to a downstream side of the nip part and allows the sheet to pass through the nip part; an energizer that energizes the sheet locking member to maintain the first attitude; and a hardware processor that detects deterioration of the energizer.
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