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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Takayuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Munekazu Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Hatayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Youda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Munekazu Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Hatayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Youda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes a sheet container, a separation feeder, a plurality of conveyance drivers, a multifeed detector, a sheet detector, and a conveyance controller. The conveyance drivers are driven to convey a sheet to a conveyance completion position on a sheet conveyance path. The multifeed detector detects occurrence of a multifeed on the conveyance path. The sheet detector detects presence or absence of the sheet at a sheet detection point on the conveyance path. The conveyance controller controls the conveyance drivers to be continuously driven until a preceding sheet preceding multifed sheets is conveyed to the conveyance completion position after the multifeed detector detects the occurrence of the multifeed. The conveyance controller controls the conveyance drivers to stop in a period in which at least one of the multifed sheets is present at the sheet detection point after the preceding sheet is conveyed to the conveyance completion position.