Usage determination of multi-feed prevention roller

    公开(公告)号:US11117761B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16474448

    申请日:2018-01-05

    发明人: Eiji Aoki Jin Soo Lee

    摘要: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet stacker to stack at least one sheet; a sheet feed roller disposed at one side of the sheet stacker and to feed a sheet fed from the sheet stacker; a multi-feed prevention roller disposed to face the sheet feed roller and to prevent multi-feed of the sheet fed from the sheet stacker; a magnetic torque limiter disposed coaxially with the multi-feed prevention roller; a hall sensor disposed at one side of the magnetic torque limiter and to detect rotation of the magnetic torque limiter; and a controller configured to rotate the sheet feed roller in a state in which the sheet feed roller and the multi-feed prevention roller are in contact with each other without a sheet and to identify a lifetime of the multi-feed prevention roller by using a signal output from the hall sensor.

    FREE STOP BASED HINGE APPARATUS
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210109477A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US16500484

    申请日:2018-05-10

    摘要: A hinge apparatus is provided. The hinge apparatus includes a rotation axis device configured to pivotably support a part of a display, and a free stop hinge device configured to pivotably support an other part of the display coaxially spaced apart from the part of the display. The rotation axis device includes a curved protrusion for controlling an eccentricity between a central axis line of the rotation axis device and a central axis line of the free stop hinge device.

    Sheet supplying apparatus, sheet processing apparatus employing the same, and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10466626B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-05

    申请号:US15641711

    申请日:2017-07-05

    摘要: A sheet supplying apparatus includes an alignment member pivotable to an alignment location for blocking and aligning fore-ends of media contained on a loading table, and a transport-allowing location for allowing a medium picked up by a pickup member to be transported, a cam gear including a gear portion partially including a tooth-omitted portion, and a cam portion for switching the alignment member between the alignment location and the transport-allowing location at first and second rotating locations, a swing arm pivotable about a same axis as a rotation axis of a main gear, and first and second swing gears supported by the swing arm to interlock with the main gear, selectively interlocking with the gear portion according to a rotating direction of the main gear, and rotating the cam gear to the first and second rotating locations.

    Developing cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus employing same

    公开(公告)号:US10466621B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-05

    申请号:US16050805

    申请日:2018-07-31

    IPC分类号: G03G21/16 G03G15/08 G03G21/18

    摘要: A developing cartridge includes: a photosensitive unit; a developing unit coupled to the photosensitive unit to be movable between a release position and a developing position; an elastic member to provide an elastic force in a direction to maintain the developing unit at the developing position; a movable member including a gear portion, the movable member and capable of moving to a first position to move the developing unit to the release position and second position to move the developing unit to the developing position; and a switching member connected to a driving gear, wherein as the driving gear rotates in a first direction or a second direction, the switching member is switched between a third position at which the switching member is connected to the gear portion to move the movable member from the second position to the first position and a fourth position at which the switching member is spaced apart from the gear portion to allow the movable member to move from the first position to the second position.

    Image forming apparatus
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10437191B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-08

    申请号:US15111985

    申请日:2015-01-15

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G21/16

    摘要: Disclosed herein is an image forming apparatus having a structure improved such that a user easily opens and closes a printing media cassette. The image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a printing media cassette to receive printing media, the printing media cassette being movably coupled to the apparatus body, and at least one lever movably disposed in the apparatus body, the lever contacting the printing media cassette to pull the printing media cassette into the apparatus body and then being separated from the printing media cassette when the printing media cassette is closed.

    TRANSFER DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF PREVENTING MEANDERING OF TRANSFER BELT

    公开(公告)号:US20190258194A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-22

    申请号:US16312932

    申请日:2017-03-08

    IPC分类号: G03G15/16

    摘要: A transfer device having a structure for preventing the meandering of a transfer belt, an image forming apparatus including a structure for preventing the meandering of a transfer belt. and a method for preventing meandering of the transfer belt. The image forming apparatus including a main body. The main body including an image forming member and a transfer device which transfers an image formed through the image forming member to a printing medium. The transfer device includes a frame, a driving roller, a backup roller being rotatably supported to the frame, a transfer belt to travel between the driving roller and the backup roller; and meandering prevention members located at both end portions of the backup roller to independently rotate. The meandering prevention members being driven by contact with the transfer belt to control tension of the transfer belt.