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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2011
Junichi Masuda, Toyokawa, JP;
Masayuki Watanabe, Fuchu, JP;
Takeshi Ishida, Toyohashi, JP;
Takahiro Tsujimoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Takahiro Yokoya, Toyokawa, JP;
Junichi Masuda, Toyokawa, JP;
Masayuki Watanabe, Fuchu, JP;
Takeshi Ishida, Toyohashi, JP;
Takahiro Tsujimoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Takahiro Yokoya, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet transportation device includes a transportation path for transportation of a sheet, a transportation unit for applying force to a sheet on the transportation path, and an electromagnetic component for driving the transportation unit by receiving supply of electric power. At the sheet transportation device, the absence/presence of a sheet is detected at a downstream side of the region where the transportation unit applies force to a sheet in the transportation path, and counter electromotive force induced in response to electric power being supplied to the electromagnetic component is supplied as the electric power for the detector.