G03G15/6567

Sheet conveyance apparatus, document reading apparatus and image forming apparatus

A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a sheet supporting tray to support a sheet, a sheet conveyance unit to convey the sheet supported on the sheet supporting tray, a first detection sensor to detect the supported sheet at a first detection position, and a second detection sensor to detect the supported sheet at a second detection position farther from a center of the sheet supporting tray in a sheet width direction than the first detection position. In addition, a control unit controls the sheet conveyance unit in a first mode in a case where the first and second detection sensors detect the sheet, and controls the sheet conveyance unit in a second mode in which a sheet conveyance speed is slower than that of the first mode in a case where the first detection sensor detects the sheet and the second detection sensor detects no sheet.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
20230031782 · 2023-02-02 ·

An image forming apparatus includes a drive roller configured to be rotated by a drive source, a first rotation member configured to be driven to rotate by the drive roller, and a second rotation member configured to be driven to rotate by the drive roller. The drive roller, the first rotation member, and the second rotation member are configured to convey a sheet in a state where the sheet is present at a first nip portion and a second nip portion at the same time.

Sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus
11613440 · 2023-03-28 · ·

A sheet conveyance device includes a conveyance roller pair. A skew correction roller pair conveys the sheet after contacting two nip portions, and a sheet skew is corrected in a state in which the skew correction roller pair is being stopped. The sheet having a toner image is bent by a first conveyance guide such that a sheet first surface becomes an inside surface. The sheet is bent by the first and second conveyance guides to cause the sheet first surface to be the inside surface and a sheet second surface to be an outside surface. The skew correction roller pair includes two first rotary members of a first roller. A second roller and the two first rotary members form the two nip portions. The second roller and the first conveyance guide contact the sheet first surface. The first roller and the second conveyance guide contact the sheet second surface.

System and method for automated sheet adjustment

A sheet processing system for automated sheet adjustment includes a sensor system which captures at least a first image of a sheet of print media as the sheet is conveyed on a main transport path between a print media supply module and a marking device of an image rendering module. A control module computes a lateral error for the sheet, based on the captured at least first image, and computes an adjustment based on the computed lateral error. A sheet transport path adjustment mechanism translates a first portion of the main transport path relative to a second portion of the main transport path, based on the computed adjustment.

Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus
11480903 · 2022-10-25 · ·

A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a first conveyance portion configured to convey a sheet, a second conveyance portion configured to convey the sheet, the second conveyance portion including an abutment portion configured to form a loop on the sheet by being abutted against a leading edge of a sheet conveyed by the first conveyance portion, a curved guide portion, which is curved, configured to guide the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance portion to the second conveyance portion, and a rotary member arranged downstream of the first conveyance portion and upstream of the second conveyance portion in a sheet conveyance direction, and configured to be driven to rotate by a surface of the sheet that is guided by the curved guide portion, the surface sliding against the curved guide portion.

PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
20230080509 · 2023-03-16 ·

A processing device includes: a conveyance path part in which a recording medium is conveyed; a cutting part capable of cutting processing of the recording medium conveyed in the conveyance path part; and an orientation changing part that changes an orientation of the recording medium in the conveyance path part, by coming into contact with the recording medium when cutting processing is performed on the recording medium by the cutting part.

Sheet control for image forming apparatus
11603278 · 2023-03-14 · ·

An image forming apparatus includes a controller to move a sheet, in an image formation process on a first surface, to a standard position in a width direction and move the sheet, in an image formation process on a second surface, in the width direction based on a detected position in a case where a difference between the standard position and a first position in the width direction is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. The controller moves the sheet, in the image formation process on the first surface, by the predetermined value in the width direction and moves the sheet, in the image formation process on the second surface, in the width direction based on detected positions in a case where the difference between the standard position and the first position in the width direction is larger than the predetermined value.

Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
11474470 · 2022-10-18 · ·

A sheet feeding apparatus includes a supporting portion to support a sheet, a feeding portion to feed the supported sheet, and a base member opposed to the supporting portion so the sheet is supported by the supporting portion between the supporting portion and the base member. A regulation unit includes a regulation portion to regulate a position of an edge portion of the supported sheet and moves in a moving direction, and a sensor outputs an output value that changes in accordance with an amount of movement of the regulation unit. The sensor and the regulation unit are supported by the base member, and the sensor is supported by the base member at a position above an abutment position between the sheet supported by the supporting portion and the feeding portion in a gravity direction.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image forming apparatus includes: a forming part that forms an image on a recording medium; a fixing part that fixes the image formed on the recording medium; a revolving part having a revolving member stretched over multiple rotary members, the revolving member revolving between the forming part and the fixing part to transport the recording medium from the forming part to the fixing part; a feed part that feeds the recording medium to the forming part; a discharge part that discharges the recording medium to which the image has been fixed in the fixing part; a branch part that is provided so as to be split from the discharge part and along which the recording medium, to one side of which the image has been fixed, is transported to the feed part after switching the leading end and the trailing end of the recording medium; a first housing accommodating the forming part, the fixing part, and the revolving part; and a second housing connected to the first housing and accommodating the feed part, the discharge part, and the branch part.

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming target to be transported along one direction, three or more image formers arranged away from each other along the one direction and configured to form images on the image forming target, and an image forming target winding motion correcting roller rotatably in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the image forming target and positioned on a downstream side of the image former at an upstream end in a transport direction of the image forming target so that plural image formers are positioned on a downstream side of the image forming target winding motion correcting roller. A distance between the plural image formers positioned on the downstream side of the image forming target winding motion correcting roller is an integral multiple of an outer peripheral length of the image forming target winding motion correcting roller.