Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Finisher, image forming apparatus and image forming system
- Patent Title (中): 整理器,成像设备和图像形成系统
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Application No.: US14619084Application Date: 2015-02-11
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Publication No.: US09346649B2Publication Date: 2016-05-24
- Inventor: Keisuke Yamashita , Hideo Tanii
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-Shi, Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-Shi, Osaka
- Priority: JP2014-030289 20140220
- Main IPC: B65H43/06
- IPC: B65H43/06 ; B65H31/10

Abstract:
A finisher includes an ejection port, a stacking tray, a light-emitting element, a light-receiving element, a communication section that performs data communication with an image forming apparatus and acquires a coverage rate of paper stacked on the stacking tray, and a paper-amount determination section that determines whether the amount of paper on the stacking tray exceeds a predetermined stack capacity of the stacking tray by comparing a predetermined threshold value with the amount of light received by the light-receiving element. The paper-amount determination section corrects the threshold value by using the coverage rate acquired by the communication section, compares the corrected threshold value with the amount of the light received by the light-receiving element, and determines that the amount of the paper stacked on the stacking tray exceeds the stack capacity of the stacking tray if the light amount is equal to or greater than the corrected threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150232298A1 FINISHER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-08-20
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