Patent classifications
B65H23/198
PAPER WINDER AND PAPER WINDING METHOD
A paper winder includes a first winding core that is provided in a first arm turning centering on a rotating shaft and on which the paper should be wound, a first motor that drives the first winding core, a second winding core that is provided in a second arm turning centering on the rotating shaft and on which the paper should be wound next to the first winding core, and a controller that performs rotation control for the first motor and a second motor. In the rotation control, after, according to the turning of the second arm, completion of the winding of the paper by the first winding core and after a position of the second winding core has reached a position where the paper should be wound, during an operation of a traverse cutter that cuts the paper near the second winding core, when a torque value of the second motor is equal to or larger than a torque reference value, the controller switches a control mode of the second motor from speed control to torque control and perform tension correction control for adjusting the torque value of the second motor such that tension of the paper falls within a target range.
Sheet supply device and image forming apparatus
A sheet supply device includes a supporter, a rotation device, a guide, a support shaft, a biasing member, a sensor, a roller, and control circuitry. The sensor is disposed to protrude from the facing portion toward the roll and biased in a direction to contact the outer peripheral surface of the roll. The sensor outputs a detection signal at a level corresponding to an amount at which the sensor protrudes from the facing portion. The roller is supported by the facing portion, to contact the outer peripheral surface of the roll at a position different from a position of the sensor in a circumferential direction of the roll. The control circuitry controls the rotation device based on a signal change rate that is a change amount of the level of the detection signal per unit time. The control circuitry causes the rotation device to rotate the spool in the winding direction, and stops an operation of the rotation device when the signal change rate based on a change in relative positions between the outer peripheral surface and the sensor without passage of a leading end of the sheet through the position of the sensor does not exceed a predetermined reverse set threshold value.
Sheet supply device and image forming apparatus
A sheet supply device includes a supporter, a rotation device, a guide, a support shaft, a biasing member, a sensor, a roller, and control circuitry. The sensor is disposed to protrude from the facing portion toward the roll and biased in a direction to contact the outer peripheral surface of the roll. The sensor outputs a detection signal at a level corresponding to an amount at which the sensor protrudes from the facing portion. The roller is supported by the facing portion, to contact the outer peripheral surface of the roll at a position different from a position of the sensor in a circumferential direction of the roll. The control circuitry controls the rotation device based on a signal change rate that is a change amount of the level of the detection signal per unit time. The control circuitry causes the rotation device to rotate the spool in the winding direction, and stops an operation of the rotation device when the signal change rate based on a change in relative positions between the outer peripheral surface and the sensor without passage of a leading end of the sheet through the position of the sensor does not exceed a predetermined reverse set threshold value.