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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1998
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet registration device includes: sheet transporting means for transporting a sheet in a transport direction thereof; a sheet positioning member which is disposed in a side of a sheet transport path and in parallel with the transport direction; lateral moving means for moving a sheet transported a long the sheet transport path, toward the sheet positioning member; detecting means for detecting a side edge of the sheet transported along the sheet transport path; moving means for moving the sheet transporting means in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction, the sheet transporting means being disposed downstream from the lateral moving means; and controlling means for, on the basis of a detection result of the detecting means, controlling a movement operation of the sheet transporting means by the moving means.