IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230126638A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US18049196

    申请日:2022-10-24

    发明人: Naoto Tokuma

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G15/20 B65H29/24

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit forming a transfer nip portion, a fixing unit forming a fixing nip portion, and first and second belt suction conveyance units to suck a sheet onto a first belt and a second belt, respectively. The fixing nip portion is arranged at a position above the transfer nip portion. In a sheet conveyance direction, an upstream end portion of the first belt in the first belt suction conveyance unit is provided below the transfer nip portion, a downstream end portion of the first belt is provided above an upstream end portion of the second belt in the second belt suction conveyance unit, and a downstream end portion of the second belt is provided below the fixing nip portion. The first and second belts are inclined from a lower position to an upper position from upstream to downstream in the sheet conveyance direction.

    Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11496641B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US17328044

    申请日:2021-05-24

    IPC分类号: H04N1/00 G03G15/22

    摘要: An image reading apparatus connectable to an image forming apparatus includes a feeding roller pair configured to nip and feed a sheet discharged from the image forming apparatus, a contact image sensor configured to read an image on a first surface of the sheet fed by the feeding roller pair, a light-transmissive plate provided opposed to the contact image sensor and having a light-transmission property, a first roller opposing the light-transmissive plate with a gap therebetween on a side opposite from the contact image sensor with respect to the light-transmissive plat, and a second roller positioned upstream of the first roller with respect to a sheet feeding direction and opposing the light-transmissive plate with a gap therebetween on the same side as the first roller.

    MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20200089150A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-19

    申请号:US16539036

    申请日:2019-08-13

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 B65H31/24 B65H29/60

    摘要: A measurement apparatus includes a first conveyance path, a second conveyance path, a measuring portion, a third conveyance path and a sheet stacking portion. A sheet discharged out of an image forming apparatus is conveyed toward a downstream apparatus through the first conveyance path. The second conveyance path is branched from the first conveyance path, extended below the first conveyance path, and merged with the first conveyance path. The measuring portion is disposed on the second conveyance path. The third conveyance path is provided above the first conveyance path and is configured to convey the sheet from which a test image has been measured by the measuring portion in the second conveyance path. The sheet stacking portion is provided above the first conveyance path, and the sheet discharged out of the third conveyance path is stacked on the sheet stacking portion.

    Image forming apparatus and sheet processing apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10294059B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-21

    申请号:US15176575

    申请日:2016-06-08

    发明人: Naoto Tokuma

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit forming images on a first sheet and a second sheet having a higher stiffness than the first sheet, a discharge rotary member pair, and a sheet supporting unit to support the first and second sheets discharged through the discharge rotary member pair. In addition, an abutment surface abuts against upstream ends of the first and second sheets supported on the sheet supporting unit, and an elevation unit moves the sheet supporting unit up and down. A control unit, in a state where no sheet is supported on the sheet supporting unit, executes a first discharge mode of controlling the elevation unit to position the sheet supporting unit at a first position before the discharge rotary member pair starts discharging the first sheet, and a second discharge mode of controlling the elevation unit to position the sheet supporting unit at a second position lower than the first position.

    SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    8.
    发明申请
    SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS 有权
    表格堆叠装置和图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US20130285320A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-31

    申请号:US13856589

    申请日:2013-04-04

    发明人: Naoto Tokuma

    IPC分类号: B65H29/00

    摘要: A finisher includes: a bundle discharge roller pair; a sheet stacking portion which has a lower stacking tray, an abutment member on which a sheet is abuttable, and a sheet stacking height detecting sensor detecting a height of the sheets on the abutment member side, the sheet stacking portion configured to stack the sheet while lowering the lower stacking tray in accordance with a detection result; tray paddles coming into contact with the discharged sheet in a direction from a top of the sheet, to bring the sheet into abutment on the abutment member; a stacking amount detecting portion detecting a stacking amount of the stacked sheet, and a finisher control portion performing control of reducing a relative distance between the tray paddles and the sheet stacked on the lower stacking tray at the time of transporting of the sheet along with increase in the stacking amount of the sheet.

    摘要翻译: 整理器包括:排出辊对; 具有下部堆叠托盘的片材堆叠部分,可抵靠片材的抵接部件和检测抵靠部件侧的片材的高度的片材堆叠高度检测传感器,所述片材堆叠部件被构造成将片材堆叠在一起 根据检测结果降低下堆放托盘; 盘片从片材的顶部沿排出的片材接触,使得片材抵靠在抵接件上; 检测层叠片材的层叠量的层叠量检测部和整理器控制部,其执行控制,以在纸张传送时进行减小托盘叶片和堆叠在下堆叠托盘上的片材之间的相对距离,同时增加 在片材的堆积量中。

    Image reading apparatus and image forming system

    公开(公告)号:US11606473B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-14

    申请号:US17326660

    申请日:2021-05-21

    摘要: An image reading apparatus includes an image reading sensor, a transparent plate, a guiding member, a first roller pair, and a second roller pair provided upstream of the first roller pair with respect to a sheet feeding direction. The first roller pair and the second roller pair are disposed so as to nip a sheet in each of nips of the first roller pair and the second roller pair when a leading end of the sheet enters between the guiding member and the transparent plate.

    Measuring device, image reading apparatus and image forming system for controlling movement of a sheet

    公开(公告)号:US11501124B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US17320458

    申请日:2021-05-14

    摘要: A measuring device includes a first roller pair, a colorimetric unit, a second roller pair, a third roller pair, a motor, and a torque limiter. The third roller pair is driven at a first speed before a trailing end of the sheet with respect to a sheet feeding direction passes through the first roller pair and is driven at a second speed higher than the first speed after the trailing end of the sheet passes through the first roller pair. The first speed is set so as to be equal to the peripheral speed of the first roller pair. The second speed is set so as to be equal to a peripheral speed of the second roller pair in a state in which a slip of the torque limiter is not caused.