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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Ando, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/14 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 1/14 (2006.01); B65H 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/14 (2013.01); B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 1/14 (2013.01); B65H 1/18 (2013.01); B65H 2402/442 (2013.01); B65H 2405/115 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1412 (2013.01); B65H 2405/15 (2013.01); B65H 2407/10 (2013.01); B65H 2511/417 (2013.01); B65H 2553/412 (2013.01); B65H 2553/61 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet conveyance device includes a cover member, a sheet stacking tray, a control portion, and an optical sensor. The cover member has a stationary rib that enters and retreats from an optical path along with opening and closing of the cover member, and a swingable rib that enters and retreats from the optical path along with up-down movement of the sheet on the sheet stacking tray. The control portion, based on an amount of received light incident on the optical sensor, detects an opened state and a closed state of the cover member and an up-down position of the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking tray.