Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13162484Application Date: 2011-06-16
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Publication No.: US08348270B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Kazushi Nishikata , Yoji Misao , Satoshi Koga , Kazunari Nishimoto
- Applicant: Kazushi Nishikata , Yoji Misao , Satoshi Koga , Kazunari Nishimoto
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc., IP Division
- Priority: JP2010-150247 20100630
- Main IPC: B65H7/02
- IPC: B65H7/02

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a sheet conveyance apparatus, and a control unit. The main body includes an image forming unit to form an image on a sheet. The sheet conveyance apparatus and the main body are detachable from each other and the sheet conveyance apparatus may convey the sheet to the image forming unit. The sheet conveyance apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path through which the sheet passes and a detection unit. The detection unit includes light emitting and receiving units that transmit light across the sheet conveyance path therebetween. The detection unit detects a reference and an edge position of the conveyed sheet in a width direction of the sheet orthogonal to a sheet conveyance direction. The control unit determines a position of the sheet based on detections of the reference and the edge position of the conveyed sheet by the detection unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120001386A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-01-05
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