Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeder and image-forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15935307Application Date: 2018-03-26
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Publication No.: US10377594B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Minoru Tokonami , Hidehisa Konishi
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco; Matthew T. Hespos
- Priority: JP2017-063316 20170328
- Main IPC: B65H5/06
- IPC: B65H5/06 ; G03G15/00 ; B65H3/52 ; B65H7/14

Abstract:
A sheet feeder includes a roller, a reflector, a sensor, and a rotating speed detector. The reflector is integrally attached to the roller, the reflector including first reflecting surfaces and second reflecting surfaces arranged alternately along a circumference direction of the roller. The sensor includes a light emitter and a light receiver. The rotating speed detector is configured to detect a rotating speed of the roller based on a result of the detection by the sensor. Each of the first reflecting surfaces reflects the inspection light at a first reflection ratio, and provides a first reflection light path along which the inspection light is directed to the light receiver. Each of the second reflecting surfaces reflects the inspection light at a second reflection ratio smaller than the first reflection ratio, and provides a second reflection light path along which the inspection light is directed outside the light receiver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180282089A1 SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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