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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2021
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hirotada Seki, Toyokawa, JP;
Hitoshi Asano, Toyokawa, JP;
Yumiko Izumiya, Hachioji, JP;
Akimasa Ishikawa, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazutoshi Yoshimura, Hino, JP;
Yasuo Koyanagi, Hachioji, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a sheet conveyance device capable of preventing degradation in quality of conveying a sheet and image quality even when a stiffness of the sheet is different between a sheet conveyance direction and a sheet width direction. A sheet conveyance device of an image forming apparatus includes an image forming part that conveys a sheet along a conveyance path; and a stiffness acquisition part that acquires a stiffness of the sheet in a first direction including a component in the sheet conveyance direction by bending the sheet in the first direction, and acquires a stiffness of the sheet in a second direction including a component in the sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction by bending the sheet in the second direction.