Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet conveyor and image forming system
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Application No.: US17121963Application Date: 2020-12-15
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Publication No.: US11801696B2Publication Date: 2023-10-31
- Inventor: Shintaro Izoe , Yuji Nishigaki , Teruhito Hasegawa , Yuri Morishita
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: JP 19226414 2019.12.16 JP 20039178 2020.03.06
- Main IPC: B41J15/04
- IPC: B41J15/04 ; B41J15/02 ; B65H23/185 ; B65H16/02 ; B65H16/10 ; B65H23/192 ; B65H23/182 ; B65H23/00 ; B65H23/14 ; B41J15/16 ; B65H26/08

Abstract:
A sheet conveyor includes: a holder that detachably holds a sheet roll; a rotation measuring device that measures a rotation amount of the sheet roll; a conveyance roller that conveys a sheet pulled out from the sheet roll held by the holder; a tensioner that is provided between the holder and the conveyance roller and that contacts with the sheet pulled out from the sheet roll toward the conveyance roller; a position detector that detects a position of the tensioner; a motor that generates driving force for rotating the conveyance roller; and a controller that controls the motor. The controller estimates a diameter of the sheet roll based on a conveyance amount of the sheet caused by rotation of the conveyance roller, a rotation amount of the sheet roll measured by the rotation measuring device, and a position of the tensioner detected by the position detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210178786A1 SHEET CONVEYOR AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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