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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2006
Masahiro Serizawa, Toride, JP;
Hidehiko Kinoshita, Kashiwa, JP;
Hitoshi Kato, Toride, JP;
Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toride, JP;
Kenji Morita, Toride, JP;
Yuichi Yamamoto, Abiko, JP;
Masahiro Serizawa, Toride, JP;
Hidehiko Kinoshita, Kashiwa, JP;
Hitoshi Kato, Toride, JP;
Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Toride, JP;
Kenji Morita, Toride, JP;
Yuichi Yamamoto, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet discriminating apparatus includes a pair of conveying rotary members for conveying a sheet while rotating with the sheet sandwiched between the pair of conveying rotary members, a vibration detecting sensor for detecting vibrations of the pair of conveying rotary members. The sheet discriminating portion further includes a discriminating portion for making a discrimination in a type of the sheet based on the vibrations detected by the vibration detecting sensor.