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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2006
Haruo Sayama, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yasushi Matsutomo, Nara, JP;
Kiwamu Morita, Minamikawachi-gun, JP;
Michihiro Yamashita, Nara, JP;
Yuriko Kamei, Nara, JP;
Yasuhiro Takai, Sakurai, JP;
Haruo Sayama, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yasushi Matsutomo, Nara, JP;
Kiwamu Morita, Minamikawachi-gun, JP;
Michihiro Yamashita, Nara, JP;
Yuriko Kamei, Nara, JP;
Yasuhiro Takai, Sakurai, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a feeding portion, an image forming portion, a discharge portion, a paper transport path, a plurality of detection members, and a control portion. The image forming portion forms images on sheets of paper fed from the feeding portion. The path transports paper from the feeding portion to the discharge portion via the image forming portion. The detection members detect transport state of paper at respective locations on the path including the feeding portion, between the feeding and image forming portions, within the image forming portion, between the image forming and discharge portions, and the discharge portion. Upon detection of paper jam at any of the locations, the control portion displays, on an indicator, information identifying a location where the jam has occurred, and the image forming portion where paper is detected by the detection members, as locations of paper to be eliminated from the path.