Provided is a yarn box, a yarn stripping method, an electronic device and a storage media. The yarn box includes a support, a yarn stripping rod and a yarn receiving rod; where a first end of the yarn receiving rod is connected to the support, a first end of the yarn stripping rod is slidably connected to the support, the yarn stripping rod is configured to slide to a yarn stripping position corresponding to a first yarn receiving rod among the yarn receiving rod when multiple yarn spindles are sleeved outside the first yarn receiving rod and the number of yarn spindles of the first yarn receiving rod reaches a set condition, the yarn stripping rod is provided with multiple yarn strippers corresponding to the multiple yarn spindles one by one, and the yarn strippers are configured to strip fiber yarn on outer surfaces of the corresponding yarn spindles.

A sheet conveyance device includes a sheet placing portion, a guide member, a signal obtaining portion, and a notification portion. On the sheet placing portion, a sheet to be conveyed is placed. The guide member is disposed on the sheet placing portion so as to move in a width direction vertical to a sheet conveyance direction, and restricts, in the width direction, a position of the sheet on the sheet placing portion. The signal obtaining portion obtains an electric signal with a value corresponding to a position of the guide member. The notification portion, when a difference between the value and any of thresholds that are set in advance based on each sheet size in the width direction for determination of the size of the sheet, is equal to or smaller than a predetermined reference value, notifies that the sheet is separated from the guide member.

An image forming apparatus includes an air blowing unit that does not perform, in a case where a type of a first sheet detected by the paper type detection unit is a type that requires the air blowing, air blowing on a second sheet to be fed subsequent to a first sheet at least during a period from when a paper type detection unit detects a type of the first sheet to when the first sheet is fed to an image forming unit, and performs the air blowing on the second sheet after the image forming unit performs printing on the first sheet.

An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet feeding conveyor that feeds and conveys a recording medium to a conveyance path; an image former that performs image formation on the recording medium; a medium sensor that is disposed on an upstream side of the recording medium from the image former on the conveyance path and measures one or more sheet physical properties regarding the recording medium conveyed; a first hardware processor that determines a type of the recording medium on a basis of the sheet physical properties measured by the medium sensor; a second hardware processor that determines conveyance performance for the recording medium; and a third hardware processor that determines whether or not to perform the image formation on a basis of the conveyance performance in a case where the type of the recording medium determined by the first hardware processor is a type out of product specifications.

The present technology is generally directed to a cord winding system and a method of using thereof. In various embodiments, a cord winding system including: a motor; a winding assembly operably coupled to the motor, the winding assembly having an interior side and an exterior side, the winding assembly being configured to hold on the interior side respective first portions of a set of cords, and wind, driven by the motor, respective second portions of the set of cords around the exterior side, a second portion of a respective cord extending from the first portion thereof along a length of the cord, and a control unit programmed to actuate the motor for winding the set for a cycle time that relates to lengths of the cords.

An image forming apparatus for a first purpose forms an image on a sheet, according to a sheet type. The image forming apparatus for the first purpose includes a conversion device and an image forming device. The conversion device converts second information for defining the sheet type in association with another image forming apparatus for a second purpose different from the first purpose, into third information of a same format as the first information for defining the sheet type in association with the image forming apparatus for the first purpose. The image forming device forms an image on the sheet P according to the third information, when the sheet P, the sheet type of which has been defined by the second information, is designated. The first information and the third information each define the sheet type more detailedly than the second information.

A sheet discriminating apparatus includes a hardware processor that discriminates characteristics of a sheet. The light emitting element includes a reflective light emitting element and a transmission light emitting element. The sheet discriminating apparatus further includes a reflector that reflects the light when the sheet is not conveyed so that the reflected light enters the light receiving element. The reflective light emitting element includes a first reflective light emitting element that emits light with a first wavelength and a second reflective light emitting element that emits light with a second wavelength. The transmission light emitting element includes a first transmission light emitting element that emits the light with a third wavelength. The reflector is provided in a position that a reflectance of the light emitted by the reflective light emitting element is higher than the reflectance of the light emitted by the transmission light emitting element.

A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a displacement amount detector that includes a pressing part intended to press a paper sheet against a transporting face of a paper sheet transporting path and having an initial position at which the pressing part is not in contact with the transporting face of the paper sheet transporting path, the displacement amount detector detecting a displacement amount of displacement of the pressing part from the initial position in a direction perpendicular to the transporting face, the pressing part being displaced according to a thickness of a paper sheet passing between the transporting face and the pressing part; a reference displacement amount storage; a paper sheet thickness storage; and a tape thickness threshold storage.

A medium conveying apparatus includes a pick roller feeding a medium, a separation roller located on a downstream side of the pick roller, a conveyance roller located on a downstream side of the separation roller, a medium sensor being located on a downstream side of the separation roller and detecting the medium, a lift sensor detecting a lift of the medium on an upstream side of the conveyance roller, a passing sensor being located on an upstream side of the separation roller and detecting passing of the medium, and a processor to determine that the medium is a predetermined medium when a lift of the medium and passing of the medium are detected in a predetermined period after the medium is detected, and execute abnormality control when the medium is determined to be the predetermined medium.

Disclosed is a sheet conveying mechanism, including: a sheet feeder that conveys a sheet to a sheet conveying path; a conveying track that defines the sheet conveying path of the sheet; and a conveying roller pair that conveys the sheet along the sheet conveying path. The sheet conveying mechanism further includes: a conveying track separator that adjusts a height of the sheet conveying path, wherein the sheet conveying path has at least a first height and a second height, and the second height is greater than the first height; and a conveying roller separator that adjusts a clamping force of the conveying roller pair, wherein the conveying roller pair has at least a first clamping force and a second clamping force, and the second clamping force is smaller than the first clamping force.