A breaking circuit applied to a motor comprises an actuator, an anti-reverse component and a limiting resistor. The actuator comprises a first electricity transmission terminal, a second electricity transmission terminal and a controlled terminal, with the controlled terminal configured to be connected with a power supply port, and the first electricity transmission terminal configured to be electrically connected with a power input terminal of the motor. The anti-reverse component is electrically connected between the controlled terminal and the first electricity transmission terminal of the actuator. The limiting resistor is electrically and serially connected with the first electricity transmission terminal or the second electricity transmission terminal of the actuator. When power supplied from the power supply port to the power input terminal is stopped, the actuator is conducted to form a discharge path from the power input terminal through the limiting resistor to a low electric potential end.

A print medium feeding device comprises a pickup roller, a forward roller, a registration roller, a sensing unit, and a processor. The processor adjusts a first driving signal and a second driving signal based on a difference between a first time and a second time and controls driving of the registration roller using adjusted signals, the first driving signal adjusting a waiting position of the print medium in the registration roller, the second driving signal feeding the print medium waiting at the adjusted waiting position to the image forming unit, the first time associated with transport of the print medium from the pickup roller to the sensing unit, and the second time being measured by sensing the print medium transported from the pickup roller to the sensing unit.

A feeding device includes a feeding device body of which a downstream end portion in a feeding direction, in which a material to be fed is fed, is mounted on a mounting portion, and that is openable and closable between a closed position where an upstream end portion is positioned above the downstream end portion and an open position where the upstream end portion is positioned on a side of the downstream end portion, a stacked portion that is provided on the feeding device body and on which the material to be fed is stacked in the open position, a detection unit that has a detection member hanging down to a downstream end portion of the stacked portion in the open position, moves to a downstream side in the feeding direction as the detection member is pressed by a downstream end portion of the material to be fed stacked on the stacked portion, and detects a stack of the materials to be fed on the stacked portion, and a restriction unit that restricts movement of the detection member to the downstream side in the feeding direction in the closed position.

A first detector detects a sheet between a first conveyance roller and a confluence position in a conveyance path. The first detector includes a first actuator and a first sensor. The first actuator is rotationally movable by contacting the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance roller. The first sensor is an optical sensor that detects rotational movement of the first actuator. A second detector detects the sheet between a second conveyance roller and the confluence position in a reconveyance path. The second detector includes a second actuator and a second sensor. The second actuator is rotationally movable by contacting the sheet conveyed by the second conveyance roller. The second sensor is an optical sensor that detects rotational movement of the second actuator. A single sensor board supports the first sensor and the second sensor. The sensor board has a wiring pattern connected to the first sensor and the second sensor.

A medium conveying apparatus includes a pick roller feeding a medium, a separation roller placed on a downstream side of the pick roller in a conveying direction of a medium, an arrival detection sensor placed on a downstream side of the separation roller in the conveying direction and detecting arrival of a medium, a lift sensor detecting a lift of a medium between an upstream side of a roller nip of the pick roller and a downstream side of a roller nip of the separation roller, and a processor. The processor determines that a medium is a bound medium when a lift of a medium is detected by the lift sensor in a first predetermined period after detection of a front edge of a medium in a conveying direction by the arrival detection sensor, and executes abnormality processing when a medium is determined to be a bound medium.

A sheet stacking device includes a tray having a sheet loading surface on which a sheet fed in a predetermined feeding direction is loaded. The tray includes a main tray, an extension tray and a first detection part. The first detection part includes a first sensor, a first detected piece and a first contact piece. The first detected piece is turnably supported by the extension tray and switches the first sensor between an ON state and an OFF state. The first contact piece is turnably supported by the first detected piece, and protrudes above and retracts below the sheet loading surface.

A stacking device which is detachably attached to an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus having an abutting member that abuts on a recording material and on which a recording material is stacked includes: a first supporting unit that supports the recording material from a lower side of the recording material; and a second supporting unit that supports an end of the recording material in an attachment/detachment direction of the stacking device. The second supporting unit includes a corresponding region, and a position of the corresponding region agrees with a position of the abutting member abut with the recording material in a width direction which is orthogonal to the attachment/detachment direction. At least a height of the corresponding region in a direction orthogonal to the attachment/detachment direction and the width direction is lower than a height of the abutting member.

A sheet detecting apparatus includes a sheet supporting surface, a first sensor flag including a first flag portion, a first contact portion, and a third contact portion, a second sensor flag including a second flag portion, and a second contact portion, a first detection sensor configured to transit to a first state of outputting a first detection signal and to a second state of outputting a second detection signal, the first detection sensor transiting to one of the first state and the second state in response to a position of the first flag portion, and a second detection sensor configured to transit to a third state of outputting a third detection signal and to a fourth state of outputting a fourth detection signal, the second detection sensor transiting to one of the third state and the fourth state in response to a position of the second flag portion.

A sheet detection device includes, as detection pieces, a first detection piece integrally provided on a rotary shaft and a second detection piece attached to the first detection piece via a biasing member. The second detection piece is capable of rotation in conjunction with the first detection piece under a biasing force of the biasing member. When the second detection piece is brought into contact with a ceiling at an upper part of the rotary shaft, the second detection piece stops further rotation while the first detection piece is capable of rotation together with the rotary shaft against the biasing force.

A medium-transporting device includes: a medium-support section that has a first mounting surface inclined relative to a horizontal plane; a transport path for transporting a medium; a discharge stacker that is configured to switch between an extended state in which a second mounting surface that is inclined relative to the horizontal plane and that receives the medium discharged along the transport path is formed and a stored state in which the second mounting surface is stored in the medium-transporting device, a control section is configured to perform first control of switching the discharge stacker from the extended state to the stored state after the medium is discharged to the second mounting surface and second control of not switching the discharge stacker from the extended state to the stored state such that the medium remains mounted on the second mounting surface.