公开(公告)号：US20170366692A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15622062

申请日：2017-06-13

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Yutaka MIZOTA ,  Ichiro MURAMATSU ,  Akiyoshi JOHDAI

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  H04N1/32

CPC classification number: H04N1/00588 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04N1/00204 ,  H04N1/00596 ,  H04N1/00602 ,  H04N1/32496 ,  H04N2201/0013 ,  H04N2201/0063 ,  H04N2201/0081 ,  H04N2201/0082 ,  H04N2201/0086

Abstract: A conveyance device that conveys paper through a conveyance path along a surface thereof includes: a conveyance guide that has a guide surface to be a wall surface on one side of the conveyance path, an opening being formed in the guide surface; a paper detection unit at least including a detection member, which is arranged in a space that communicates with the conveyance path through the opening, and configured to detect, with the detection member, a leading end of the paper that reaches the opening; and a movable body that brings the detection member into a retracted state, in which a main part thereof is covered from the space, after the leading end of the paper is detected.