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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2005
Keiichi Satoh, Miyagi, JP;
Mituru Takahashi, Miyagi, JP;
Yoshiyuki Araseki, Miyagi, JP;
Tomotaka Osada, Miyagi, JP;
Keiichi Satoh, Miyagi, JP;
Mituru Takahashi, Miyagi, JP;
Yoshiyuki Araseki, Miyagi, JP;
Tomotaka Osada, Miyagi, JP;
Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd., Shibata-gun, JP;
Abstract
A paper conveyance apparatus includes a stacking portion; a feeding mechanism to extract and feed paper from the stacking portion one sheet at a time; and an intermediate portion for conveying the fed paper to the vicinity of a feeding port or feeding device of a main body of an image forming apparatus. The intermediate portion includes a plurality of conveyance devices and a plurality of paper detecting devices disposed from the upstream side to the downstream side of a conveyance path. The paper conveyance apparatus further includes a control device for reducing the conveyance speed of the plurality of conveyance devices when the leading edge of the paper is detected by a detecting device disposed at least one device further toward the upstream side than a paper detecting device disposed furthest downstream of the plurality of detecting devices.