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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2011
Mamoru Kambayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Tobinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Kanaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Norio Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Kambayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Tobinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Kanaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Norio Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a sheet housing unit that houses sheets in a stacked manner; a sheet conveying unit that conveys a sheet to a predetermined conveyance target position; a sheet pick-up unit that picks up outermost one of the sheets housed in the sheet housing unit for conveying to a sheet conveying unit side; a separating and conveying unit that separates the next sheet from the outermost sheet, and conveys only the outermost sheet to the sheet conveying unit; and a sheet-conveyance-movement detecting unit that detects presence or absence of movement of a sheet in the conveying direction. The sheet-conveyance-movement detecting unit is arranged at a position at which the outermost sheet and the next sheet may overlap each other, and a separation portion is located downstream of the pick-up position and is an area where a separation action of the separating and conveying unit works.