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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tadao Sugiura, Moriya, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 9/20 (2006.01); B65H 1/26 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/20 (2013.01); B65H 1/266 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 7/20 (2013.01); G03G 15/5095 (2013.01); G03G 15/6594 (2013.01); B65H 2511/10 (2013.01); B65H 2511/11 (2013.01); B65H 2511/16 (2013.01); B65H 2511/20 (2013.01); B65H 2551/20 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet fed from a container; a trailing edge regulating plate, which is movable in a feeding direction inside the container, and is configured to regulate a trailing edge position of the sheet; a detector configured to automatically detect a sheet size based on the position of the trailing edge regulating plate; and a receiver configured to receive a size of the sheet to be set for the container as a user set size.