公开(公告)号：US12116233B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17976176

申请日：2022-10-28

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Kohei Tachibana ,  Yuya Shiokawa

IPC: B65H7/00

CPC classification number: B65H7/00 ,  B65H2402/441 ,  B65H2403/51 ,  B65H2403/70

Abstract: A drive switching device includes: a covering member that is rotatably provided on a support shaft provided in a housing including a driver, and is rotatable from a closed position for covering an inside of the housing to an open position for exposing the inside of the housing; an input unit that is provided in the covering member, and receives an input of displacement caused by rotation of the covering member; a release member provided in a direction apart from the input unit inside the housing and including a cam that moves in conjunction with movement of the input unit, the release member being configured to, upon rotation of the covering member toward the open position, disconnect a drive transmission path of the driver by the cam; and multiple links connected to the input unit and the cam, the multiple links being configured to, upon rotation of the covering member, move the cam in an opposite direction to a direction in which the input unit is moved.

公开(公告)号：US20240317526A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18602014

申请日：2024-03-11

Applicant: Nobuo Inoue ,  Takeshi Iwasaki ,  Katsumi Okada ,  Kenta Takizawa

Inventor： Nobuo Inoue ,  Takeshi Iwasaki ,  Katsumi Okada ,  Kenta Takizawa

IPC: B65H19/10 ,  B65H7/00

CPC classification number: B65H19/105 ,  B65H7/00 ,  B65H2403/942

Abstract: A sheet feeder includes a support to support a roll sheet winding a sheet, a sensor that is at a first position on the support and contacts a surface of the roll sheet to detect a level difference at a trailing edge of the roll sheet and output a first signal and a second signal, a roller that is at a second position different from the first position in a circumferential direction of the roll sheet on the support and contacts the surface of the roll sheet to guide the roll sheet, and circuitry to cause the roll sheet to rotate in a sheet feeding direction to feed the sheet, and detect the trailing edge of the roll sheet based on the first signal output from the sensor, and the second signal output from the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11958715B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US17175844

申请日：2021-02-15

Applicant: Ryohsuke Kawasaki

Inventor： Ryohsuke Kawasaki

IPC: B65H5/06 ,  B65H3/06 ,  B65H7/00 ,  G03G15/00

CPC classification number: B65H7/00 ,  B65H5/062 ,  G03G15/6529 ,  G03G15/80 ,  B65H2403/92 ,  B65H2403/94 ,  B65H2513/10 ,  B65H2801/06 ,  G03G2215/00679

Abstract: A drive mechanism that drives a rotator to rotate includes a main motor, an assist motor, and processing circuitry. The main motor drives the rotator. The assist motor drives the rotator and assists a drive of the rotator by the main motor. The processing circuitry controls a speed of the main motor so that a rotational speed of the rotator is constant, and controls a motor voltage of the assist motor so that the motor voltage of the assist motor changes according to a change in a motor current of the main motor.

公开(公告)号：US11891265B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US17414904

申请日：2020-06-11

Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Inventor： Sungchang Hur ,  Uichoon Lee ,  Myung Soo Jeong ,  Jae Wuk Lee ,  Wootan Son

IPC: B65H7/00 ,  B65H7/12 ,  B65H7/18 ,  B65H7/20 ,  G03G15/00 ,  B65H3/50

CPC classification number: B65H7/125 ,  B65H7/18 ,  B65H7/20 ,  G03G15/50 ,  B65H3/50

Abstract: An example print medium supplying apparatus includes a print medium transporting device to pick up a print medium loaded in a loading portion and transport the picked-up print medium, a print medium alignment portion to align a leading end of the transported print medium, a first sensor to sense the print medium that passes through a feed roller of the print medium transporting device, and a processor to, based on a measured value with respect to the print medium sensed by the first sensor and a multi-feeding determination reference value corresponding to a sheet of the print medium, detect multi-feeding of the print medium and process the detected multi-feeding by controlling the print medium transporting device and the print medium alignment portion.

公开(公告)号：US11530102B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-20

申请号：US17600147

申请日：2020-08-12

Applicant: KOENIG & BAUER AG

Inventor： Martina Sünder ,  Bernd Hanke ,  Benjamin Gohl ,  Richard Dorninger

IPC: B65H5/22 ,  B65H3/08 ,  B65H11/00 ,  B65H5/34 ,  B65H7/00

Abstract: A device is provided for feeding sheets to a sheet-processing machine having at least one processing mechanism. A feeder head is provided for cyclically separating the sheets from a pile of such sheets and has transporting suckers for transporting the sheets to a belt table. The belt table has at least one revolving transport belt which is guided over at least two feed rollers. A first drive is assigned to at least one feed roller and a sheet flap, which is connected to a pivotally mounted shaft, is provided between the transporting suckers and the at least one transport belt. A second drive is assigned to the shaft, for pivoting that shaft. A sheet arrival sensor, which is arranged between the belt table and the processing mechanism, generates first signals representing the arrival of the sheets for a sequence of sheets. A clock generator generates second signals representing the angular position of the at least one processing mechanism, and has a controller, which controls the first drive as a function of the second signals and which controls the second drive as a function of the first and second signals.

公开(公告)号：US11340847B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-24

申请号：US17111598

申请日：2020-12-04

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Masaki Kobayashi ,  Takashi Yano ,  Hidehiro Ushiozu ,  Masato Suzuki ,  Kosuke Ogino

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  B65H7/00

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises an accommodating unit that accommodates recording materials and a feeding unit that feeds an accommodated recording material, detects a fed recording material, and measures time from a predetermined timing until a recording material is detected. An information processing apparatus receives measured time data from the image forming apparatus, classifies the received plurality of time data into a first group and a second group in accordance with a length of time, selects a group for predicting a remaining life time of the feeding unit from the classified first group and second group, and predicts a remaining life time of the feeding unit using time data included in the selected group.

公开(公告)号：US10602012B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-24

申请号：US16144933

申请日：2018-09-27

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Seiji Tezuka ,  Noriyuki Koyanagi ,  Naoki Sakamoto

IPC: H04N1/04 ,  B65H7/00 ,  B65H5/30 ,  B65H5/00 ,  H04N1/00 ,  B65H3/52

Abstract: A scanner includes a reading unit that reads an image of a paper, a medium feeding portion that is capable of selecting a first feeding mode in which a separation feeding for separately feeding a paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper is overlapped with each other is performed and a second feeding mode in which a non-separation feeding for collectively feeding the paper bundle without separating is performed, and a pair of first transporting rollers and a pair of second transporting rollers that transport the paper fed by the medium feeding portion, in a case in which the medium feeding portion feeds the paper in the second feeding mode, a first driven roller and a second driven roller respectively constituting the pair of first transporting rollers and the pair of second transporting rollers are driven in a rotation direction where the paper is transported.

公开(公告)号：US10577207B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US16129017

申请日：2018-09-12

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Kengo Sato

IPC: B65H9/00 ,  B65H5/06 ,  B65H85/00 ,  B65H7/00 ,  B65H5/26

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a first pair of conveying rollers for conveying a sheet; a second pair of conveying rollers against which the leading edge of the sheet conveyed by the first pair of conveying rollers is hit and which conveys the sheet together with the first pair of conveying rollers by rotating after a loop is formed on the sheet; a separating portion for separating the first pair of conveying rollers; a first conveyance path for guiding the sheet; a second conveyance path which is a path different from the first conveyance path and guides the sheet; and a controller which changes a separation timing at which the first pair of conveying rollers is separated after the loop is formed on the sheet, depending on whether the sheet is guided by the first conveyance path or by the second conveyance path.

公开(公告)号：US10435261B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-08

申请号：US15972580

申请日：2018-05-07

Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.

Inventor： Satoshi Miyajima ,  Takanobu Shiki ,  Tadayuki Ueda ,  Hiroshi Oyama ,  Remi Ishikawa

IPC: B65H5/06 ,  B65H7/00 ,  B65H7/06 ,  G03G15/00

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a plurality of conveyors provided along a sheet conveying direction; a plurality of main driving parts that is respectively provided to the plurality of conveyors and independently drives the conveyors; an auxiliary driving part that drives the plurality of conveyors; and a transmitter that transmits driving force between the plurality of conveyors and transmits driving force of the auxiliary driving part to the plurality of conveyors.

公开(公告)号：US10407260B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15909550

申请日：2018-03-01

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Atsushi Murakami ,  Daisuke Aoki ,  Yu Shuhama

IPC: B65H3/06 ,  B65H3/54 ,  B65H7/00 ,  G03G15/00

Abstract: A cut-out is provided in a lower guide so as to permit a return claw to move between a retracted position and a protruded position. Furthermore, an upper surface of the return claw positioned in the protruded position functions as a guide portion that guides an underside of a sheet that has been manually fed.