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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Tomoaki Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoaki Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 11/008 (2013.01); B41J 25/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveying apparatus for conveying a conveyance object in a conveying direction is provided. The conveying apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect positions of a plurality of portions in an orthogonal direction of the conveyance object during the conveyance of the conveyance object, the orthogonal direction being orthogonal to the conveying direction; and a determining unit configured to make a determination as to whether the conveyance object has been subjected to expansion or contraction in the orthogonal direction, based on detection results of the positions of the plurality of portions.