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Patent No.:

US 10838358 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2018

Image forming apparatus that has sheet sensor

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tsutomu Ishida, Suntou-gun, JP;

Tomonari Inoue, Eagle, ID (US);

Kenji Abe, Mishima, JP;

Takashi Kuwata, Suntou-gun, JP;

Keita Nakajima, Mishima, JP;

Ko Katahira, Suntou-gun, JP;

Takehito Osada, Susono, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Walter L Lindsay, Jr

Assistant Examiner:

Laura Roth

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 15/2017 (2013.01); G03G 15/70 (2013.01); G03G 15/6576 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00548 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00611 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00616 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus comprises a light-emission unit, a reflecting member, a light-receiving unit, a detection unit, a ventilation unit configured to send air to the reflecting member, and a control unit. The control unit adjusts at least one of an operation duration and an airflow rate of the ventilation unit, in accordance with a detection signal outputted by the light-receiving unit when a sheet is not at a position where light crosses a conveyance path.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Ishida, Tsutomu. (2020). Image forming apparatus that has sheet sensor (U.S. Patent No. 10838358). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10838358

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