IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240317517A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18602436

    申请日:2024-03-12

    发明人: TOMOKI AOKI

    IPC分类号: B65H1/04 B65H3/48 G03G15/00

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an apparatus body, an opening/closing unit pivotably supported by the apparatus body, the opening/closing unit having an outside surface that forms a side surface of the apparatus body in a first direction, and a sheet supporting portion pivotably supported by the apparatus body, and a feeding member configured to feed the sheet. The opening/closing unit includes a grip portion configured to be gripped to move the opening/closing unit. When viewed in a second direction opposite to the first direction in a state where the opening/closing unit and the sheet supporting portion are closed, a portion of the opening/closing unit is not covered by the sheet supporting portion, and the grip portion of the opening/closing unit is covered by the sheet supporting portion.

    SHEET TRANSPORTING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240317516A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18455646

    申请日:2023-08-25

    发明人: Ryusuke NAKATA

    IPC分类号: B65H1/04

    摘要: A sheet transporting device includes: a sheet receiver that receives a sheet and that includes a first detector that detects a size of the sheet in a transport direction; a sheet transport member that transports the sheet received on the sheet receiver to an image read position along a sheet transport path; and a second detector disposed in front of the image read position on the sheet transport path to detect whether any sheet is present. The second detector determines whether the sheet received on the sheet receiver has a size smaller than or equal to a predetermined length in the transport direction.

    MEDIUM CONVEYANCE APPARATUS
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240253919A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18421633

    申请日:2024-01-24

    申请人: PFU LIMITED

    发明人: Hideyuki Okumura

    IPC分类号: B65H1/04

    CPC分类号: B65H1/04 B65H2405/324

    摘要: A medium conveyance apparatus includes a housing having a frame, a placing table provided on the housing to be openable and closeable and configured to place a medium when the placing table is in an opened state, a to-be-engaged portion provided on the frame, an engagement part provided on at least one side of the placing table to face the to-be-engaged portion when the placing table is in a closed state, a to-be-contacted portion provided on the frame, and a contact portion provided on the placing table. In the medium conveyance apparatus, when the placing table is in the closed state, the engagement part engages with the to-be-engaged portion and maintains the closed state of the placing table. In the medium conveyance apparatus, when the placing table is in the closed state, the contact portion contacts the to-be-contacted portion and restricts movement of the placing table and thereby restricting separation of the engagement part from the to-be-engaged portion.

    Cassette and printing apparatus
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11970349B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-30

    申请号:US17874743

    申请日:2022-07-27

    IPC分类号: B65H1/26 B65H1/04

    摘要: A cassette comprises a sheet housing portion that has an opening in an upper face and houses sheets, a cassette cover that can be attached and detached and covers at least a portion of the opening, a first protruding portion that is provided in one edge portion of the cassette cover and protrudes toward a bottom face of the sheet housing portion, and a second protruding portion that is provided in the other edge portion of the cassette cover and opposes the first protruding portion, wherein the sheet housing portion includes a projection-shaped portion that protrudes toward the first protruding portion and a position regulating portion that has a gap into which the second protruding portion enters, and the first protruding portion is provided with a receiving portion into which the projection-shaped portion enters.

    Image forming apparatus
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11939177B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-26

    申请号:US16953455

    申请日:2020-11-20

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet accommodating portion, an image forming portion, an accommodating portion opening portion, a lifter plate, a lifter plate lifting and lowering mechanism, a lower-limit detecting portion, a control unit lowering the lifter plate and opening the accommodating portion in accordance with an operation in a set mode of a plurality of modes when the control unit receives an instruction to open the accommodating portion, wherein the modes includes a first mode in which the accommodating portion is opened irrespective of whether or not the lifter plate lowers to the lower-limit position and a second mode in which the accommodating portion is opened after the lifter plate lowers to the lower-limit position; and an operating portion operable by an operator for changing setting of the mode, between the modes, executed when the control unit receives the instruction to open the accommodating portion.