摘要:
A sheet feeder includes a feeder for feeding a sheet, a cassette (4B) for containing a plurality of stacks of small sized sheets side by side therein, the cassette including a plurality of biasing members (42a,42b) for biasing the respective stacks of small sized sheets upwards so as to bring uppermost sheets of the respective stacks into contact with the feeder, a plurality of sheet detectors (1a,1b) arranged in positions corresponding to the respective stacks of sheets for detecting the height of the respective stacks of sheets contained in the cassette, and a controller (26) responsive to the plurality of sheet detectors for determining the absence of sheet in the cassette when at least one of the plurality of sheet detectors detects that the height of the stack has become lower than a predetermined height, and stopping a sheet feeding operation. This sheet feeder prevents the transfer device of an image forming apparatus from being smeared due to the fact that the small sized sheet is fed from only one stack.
摘要:
A cassette (2) for feeding sheet materials (214a, 214b) is equipped with a container body (4) in which two sheet material-holding means (36a, 36b) are arranged in parallel in the direction of width. Each of the sheet material-holding means includes a pair of width restriction members (38a, 38b, 40a, 40b) constituted by width restriction members of the one side (38a, 38b) and the other side (40a,40b) which are so disposed that their positions can be freely adjusted in the direction of width. Each of the sheet material-holding means further includes a rear end restriction member (134a, 134b) that is so disposed that its position can be freely adjusted in the feeding direction.
摘要:
A cassette for feeding sheet materials is equipped with a container body (4) in which sheet material-holding means (36a, 36b) are arranged in parallel in the direction of width. The sheet-holding means (36a, 36b) includes placing means (166a, 166b) of which at least the front portion (170a, 170b) is mounted to ascend and descend. Resilient urging means (196a, 196b) urge the front portion (170a, 170b) of the placing means upwardly, wherein the front portion is allowed to have at least locally different heights along the width direction.
摘要:
An image-forming machine including a main body (2) of the machine having a lower housing (4) and an upper housing (6) mounted on the lower housing (4) pivotably between an open position and a closed position, and a process unit (8) detachably mounted on the lower housing (4) on the main body (2). The lower housing (4) has a supporting-guiding means (416) mounted pivotably between an elevated position and a lowered position, a holding means (426) pivotably mounted between a holding position at which the supporting-guiding means (416) is held at the elevated position and a release position at which the supporting-guiding means (416) is permitted to move to the lowered position, and a biasing position for elastically biasing the holding means (426) at the holding position. The process unit (8) is comprised of a first unit (102) and a second unit (104). The supporting-guiding means (416) positioned at the elevated position can be mounted on and detached from the first unit (102). The second unit (104) is separably combined with the first unit (102). The first unit (102) includes a developing device (18), and the second unit (104) includes a rotating drum (12) having a photosensitive member disposed on the surface.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a mount portion which permits a cassette containing a plurality of stacks of sheets arranged side by side in rows to be mounted to the image forming apparatus; a feeder for feeding sheets side by side in a state where the cassette is mounted to the mount portion; an imaging assembly for forming an image on each of the sheets being fed side by side; a sheet sensor for detecting the presence or absence of sheet contained in the cassette for each row; and a control unit for, when the absence of sheet is detected in any of the rows, stopping at least an image forming operation along a corresponding transport path. Accordingly, even if all the sheets run out in any one of the rows, the corresponding transport path and the like can be prevented from getting smeared due to the image forming operation carried out despite the fact that no sheets are being fed.
摘要:
A sheet transport device is provided with a first cassette (1) for containing therein standardized copy sheets having a small thickness and various sizes, a first transport path (50) along which the standardized copy sheets dispensed from the first cassette (1) are transported, a first sheet separator (5) disposed in a specified position along the first transport path (50) for separating the standardized copy sheets from one another, the first sheet separator (5) including a first forward roller (18) which is rotated in a direction along transport of sheet, a first retard roller (21) which is disposed in parallel to the first forward roller and rotatable in a direction against the transport of sheet, a drive mechanism (17) for transmitting the driving force to the first retard roller (18), the first forward roller (18) and first retard roller (21) being held in contact with each other, a second cassette (2) for containing therein either the standardized copy sheets or special sheets having a thickness larger than that of the standardized copy sheet and various sizes, a second transport path (60) along which the sheets dispensed from the second cassette means (2) are transported, and a second sheet separator (6) disposed in a specified position along the second transport path (60) for separating the special sheets from one another, the second sheet separator (6) including a second forward roller (32) which is rotated in a direction along the transport of sheet and a second retard roller (33) which is rotatable in a direction against the transport of sheet and spaced away from the second forward roller (32) by a distance (S) corresponding to the thickness of the first sheet. Accordingly, even when the thick special sheets such as envelops are fed either in line or side by side, multiple feeding of the special sheets can be effectively prevented.