摘要:
An apparatus for measuring a length of a recording material, includes: a rotating member that rotates while contacting a conveyed recording material; a detecting section that detects a rotation amount of the rotating member; an information obtaining section that obtains at least one of information of an image formed on the recording material and information of the recording material; and a calculating section that calculates a length of the recording material in a direction of the conveyance, based on an output from the detecting section and the information obtained by the information obtaining section.
摘要:
A sheet feed device includes an air flow generating part that generates an air flow for floating a sheet; a feed member that feeds a sheet by rotating, while applying a load to the top one of sheets stacked; and a transport condition sensing unit that is positioned not to obstruct an air flow generated by the air flow generating part and senses a transport condition of a sheet fed by the feed member.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit forming an image on a recording sheet; a transport unit transporting the recording sheet; a support surface supporting the recording sheet; a rotating member having an outer peripheral surface pressed against the support surface and rotationally following the recording sheet when the recording sheet passes through between the support surface and the outer peripheral surface; an ascertaining unit ascertaining a length of the recording sheet on the basis of an amount of rotation of the rotating member; and a restricting unit restricting a movement of the rotating member that moves toward the support surface after the recording sheet passes through between the support surface and the outer peripheral surface, the restricting unit preventing the outer peripheral surface, which comes into contact with the recording sheet, and the support surface from coming into contact with each other.
摘要:
A length measurement apparatus including: a measurement portion that measures a sheet length based on a rotational amount of a length measurement roll for a first detection period in which first and third sensors detect the sheet, and a sheet length based on a rotational amount of the length measurement roll for a second detection period in which the second sensor and any one of the first and third sensors detect the sheet, the any one of the first and third sensors being disposed at a position opposite to the second sensor via the length measurement roll; and a whole length calculation portion that selects the sheet length nearer to integral multiples of the circumference length of the length measurement roll from the sheet lengths measured for the first and second detection periods, and calculates the whole length of the sheet by using the selected sheet length.
摘要:
A measuring device, wherein a feed-out member feeds out an uppermost one of plural sheet-shaped materials stacked on a base by rotating in contact with the uppermost sheet-shaped material, has a detector that detects a force imparted to the base and the sheet-shaped materials not in contact with the feed-out member, the force being generated by feeding-out the uppermost sheet-shaped material.
摘要:
An information processor includes a storage unit storing a first coefficient in correspondence with a characteristic of a sheet of paper, a first acquisition unit acquiring a first signal based on the water content of a first sheet of paper not having an image formed thereon, a second acquisition unit acquiring a second signal based on the water content of the first sheet of paper having an image formed thereon and being heated for fixing, a determination unit determining the characteristic of the first sheet of paper, a first calculation unit calculating a variation in water content of the first sheet of paper using the difference between the first signal and the second signal and the first coefficient stored in correspondence with the determined characteristic, and a second calculation unit calculating an expansion and contraction ratio of the first sheet of paper using the variation in water content.
摘要:
A sheet length measuring apparatus that includes: a rotating body that rotates in contact with a sheet delivered through a delivery path; detecting units that are located upstream and downstream of the rotating body respectively, and detect a position of the sheet delivered through the delivery path; a delivery unit that is located in at least one of positions between the detecting unit located upstream and the rotating body, and between the detecting unit located downstream and the rotating body, and delivers the sheet on the delivery path; and a rotation amount detecting unit that detects a rotation amount of the rotating body with using a period when the sheet is detected by the detecting units respectively located upstream and downstream of the rotating body as a measurement period.
摘要:
A position detection apparatus includes: a moving member in contact with a detection object that moves following movement of the detection object; and a support member that rotatably supports the moving member; a detection unit that detects a positional change of the moving member, the moving member being acted on by a first force as a force to press the moving member against the detection object, a second force as a force to press the moving member substantially in a direction of a rotation shaft of the moving member, and a third force as a force to press the moving member in a direction substantially orthogonal to the direction of the rotation shaft of the moving member.
摘要:
A recording medium thickness measuring apparatus includes: an output value detection unit that detects an output value which fluctuates in accordance with thickness of a recording medium passing through a predetermined position of a transport path; and a calculation unit that calculates the thickness of the recording medium based on a first output value detected by the output value detection unit before passage of the recording medium and after passage of an immediately preceding recording medium in the predetermined position of the transport path, and a second output value detected by the output value detection unit while the recording medium is passing through the predetermined position.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a forming section that forms an image on a side of paper; a fixing section that applies heat to fix the image onto the side of the paper; a paper reversing section that reverses a front and back of the paper having the image fixed onto a first side in the fixing section; a first measuring section that is provided between a registration roller and the forming section to measure a first moisture content of the paper before an image is formed on the first side, and a second moisture content of the paper before an image is formed on a second side, after the image is fixed on the first side; and a calculating section that calculates amount of change of the size of the paper on the basis of the difference between the first moisture content and the second moisture content.