摘要:
A cassette (1) is attachable to an image forming apparatus including a feed roller (10). The cassette (1) is provided with a push-up member (4,5) for pushing up leading edges of sheets placed in the cassette (1) so as to bring the uppermost one of the contained sheets into contact with the feed roller (10), and a restricting member (6a,6b) for restricting displacement of the contained sheets from a specified position. By attaching thus constructed cassette (1) to the image forming apparatus, sheets can be fed properly by the feed roller (10).
摘要:
A sheet discharging device is provided with a sheet discharger including first and second rollers (18a,18b) and arranged downstream from the fixing device (17), a contact point (N) of the first and second rollers being located toward the pressing roller from a tangent line (B) on a point of a circumferential surface of the heat heating roller which intersects with a straight line connecting centers of the heating and pressing rollers, and a drive mechanism for driving the first roller and the heating roller so that a speed of the first roller at the circumferential surface thereof is greater than that of the heating roller. Accordingly, a sheet curled in the fixing device can be straightened with a simple construction.
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 sheet discharging device is provided with a sheet discharger including first and second rollers (18a,18b) and arranged downstream from the fixing device (17), a contact point (N) of the first and second rollers being located toward the pressing roller from a tangent line (B) on a point of a circumferential surface of the heat heating roller which intersects with a straight line connecting centers of the heating and pressing rollers, and a drive mechanism for driving the first roller and the heating roller so that a speed of the first roller at the circumferential surface thereof is greater than that of the heating roller. Accordingly, a sheet curled in the fixing device can be straightened with a simple construction.
摘要:
A parallel transport apparatus for transporting sheets side by side along a plurality of transport paths is provided with a feed roller (4) which is brought into contact with uppermost sheets of a plurality of stacks of sheet contained side by side in a cassette, a separation roller pair (8,9) arranged at a specified position of each of the plurality of transport paths and adapted for separating the sheets fed side by side, a sheet detector arranged downstream from the separation roller pair with respect to a sheet transport direction and a multifeed discriminator (23,24) for discriminating whether the multiple feeding has been occurred along any of the transport paths in accordance with an output from the sheet detector.
摘要:
A cassette (1) is attachable to an image forming apparatus including a feed roller (10). The cassette (1) is provided with a push-up member (4,5) for pushing up leading edges of sheets placed in the cassette (1) so as to bring the uppermost one of the contained sheets into contact with the feed roller (10), and a restricting member (6a,6b) for restricting displacement of the contained sheets from a specified position. By attaching thus constructed cassette (1) to the image forming apparatus, sheets can be fed properly by the feed roller (10).
摘要:
A parallel transport apparatus for transporting sheets side by side along a plurality of transport paths is provided with a feed roller (4) which is brought into contact with uppermost sheets of a plurality of stacks of sheet contained side by side in a cassette, a separation roller pair (8,9) arranged at a specified position of each of the plurality of transport paths and adapted for separating the sheets fed side by side, a sheet detector arranged downstream from the separation roller pair with respect to a sheet transport direction and a multifeed discriminator (23,24) for discriminating whether the multiple feeding has been occurred along any of the transport paths in accordance with an output from the sheet detector.
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.