Invention Grant
US08444135B2 Sheet conveyance device, and image forming apparatus and image reading unit including same
有权
片材输送装置,图像形成装置及包括其的图像读取装置
- Patent Title: Sheet conveyance device, and image forming apparatus and image reading unit including same
- Patent Title (中): 片材输送装置,图像形成装置及包括其的图像读取装置
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Application No.: US13293164Application Date: 2011-11-10
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Publication No.: US08444135B2Publication Date: 2013-05-21
- Inventor: Kenichiro Morita , Hideki Tobinaga , Shinya Kitaoka , Mamoru Kambayashi , Michitaka Suzuki , Atsushi Kanaya , Norio Kimura , Yoshito Suzuki
- Applicant: Kenichiro Morita , Hideki Tobinaga , Shinya Kitaoka , Mamoru Kambayashi , Michitaka Suzuki , Atsushi Kanaya , Norio Kimura , Yoshito Suzuki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2010-253051 20101111; JP2011-086986 20110411
- Main IPC: B65H83/00
- IPC: B65H83/00 ; B65H7/02 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A sheet conveyance device includes a loading section, a first conveyance member a separation section, a first sheet length detector to detect whether the sheet is longer than a predetermined length slightly longer than a specific sheet size in the sheet conveyance direction, a trailing-edge detector disposed downstream from the separation section, a leading-edge detector disposed downstream from the trailing-edge detector a distance smaller than the specific sheet size and from the first conveyance member a distance longer than the specific sheet size, and a controller. When the sheet is equal to or greater than the predetermined length, the controller starts sheet feeding when the trailing-edge detector detects the trailing edge of the sheet, and when the sheet is smaller than that, the controller starts sheet feeding when either the leading-edge detector detects the leading edge of the sheet or the trailing-edge detector detects the trailing edge thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120119436A1 SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING UNIT INCLUDING SAME Public/Granted day:2012-05-17
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