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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2010
Air-suction sheet supplying device and image forming apparatus using a belt member detecting section
Akira Kosugi, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Kosugi, Hachioji, JP;
Abstract
An air-suction sheet supplying device includes a sheet stacking plate to stack recording sheets; an air-suction duct, arranged to face a top surface of the recording sheet stacked on the sheet stacking plate, and having an air-suction opening with a predetermined width; a belt member, rotatably arranged so as to cover the air-suction opening, and having plural areas having various distributions of suction holes in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction; a driving section to rotate the belt member; a detecting section to detect a position of the belt member in a rotating direction; and a control section to operate the driving section so as to set a starting position of suction work, in a conveying direction of the belt member, on an area having suitable distribution of the suction holes, based on information detected by the detecting section.