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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2021
Applicant:
Horizon Inc., Takashima, JP;
Inventor:
Eiji Aoki, Takashima, JP;
Assignee:
Horizon Inc., Shiga, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 11/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/24 (2006.01); B65H 29/32 (2006.01); B65H 39/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 11/005 (2013.01); B65H 29/242 (2013.01); B65H 29/32 (2013.01); B65H 39/06 (2013.01); B65H 2301/42124 (2013.01); B65H 2301/42261 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a control unit () that controls driving of a belt drive mechanism (). The control unit () performs control such that the sheet is conveyed from the sheet accumulation area if (a) it is determined that the number of sheets currently accumulated in the sheet accumulation area is two or greater, while the sheet is not conveyed from the sheet accumulation area if (b) it is determined that the number of sheets currently accumulated in the sheet accumulation area is one.