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Patent No.:

US 12529987 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2024

Sheet detection device and image forming apparatus

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazusa Morimoto, Chiba, JP;

Takahiro Oonuma, Chiba, JP;

Hiroki Sato, Ibaraki, JP;

Norio Negishi, Tokyo, JP;

Katsuhide Koga, Ibaraki, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

ROSSI, KIMMS & McDOWELL LLP

Primary Examiner:

Carla J Therrien

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5029 (2013.01); B65H 5/36 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); G03G 15/6558 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00637 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet detection device includes a measurement unit for measuring a feature amount of a sheet conveyed by a conveyance unit, a pressing member movable between a first position separated from the measurement unit and a second position closer to the measurement unit than the first position, and a moving unit configured to move the pressing member, wherein the pressing member is arranged by the moving unit at the first position in a case where the sheet has not been conveyed by the conveyance unit to a measurement position of the measurement unit, wherein the moving unit is configured to move the pressing member to the second position from the first position in a case where the sheet has been conveyed by the conveyance unit to the measurement position of the measurement unit.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Morimoto, Kazusa. (2026). Sheet detection device and image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 12529987). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12529987

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