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Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2020
Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Okito Ogasahara, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 7/14 (2006.01); B41J 3/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/14 (2013.01); B41J 3/60 (2013.01); B65H 2511/11 (2013.01); B65H 2553/414 (2013.01); B65H 2553/46 (2013.01); B65H 2801/03 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes first and second light emitting units, a light receiving unit for receiving light of the first light emitting unit when it is reflected, and receiving light of the second light emitting unit when it is not reflected, to output a signal of a predetermined level, and a control unit for starting light emission of the first light emitting unit before a front end of a paper sheet reaches an area, stopping light emission of the first light emitting unit while starting light emission of the second light emitting unit before a rear end of the paper sheet passes the area, and detecting a length of the paper sheet based on time after the output signal becomes a predetermined level during light emission of the first light emitting unit until the output signal becomes the predetermined level during light emission of the second light emitting unit.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Ogasahara, Okito. (2022). Image forming apparatus capable of detecting length of sheet in conveying direction (U.S. Patent No. 11465867). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11465867

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