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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Aoki, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Aoki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/652 (2013.01); G03G 15/5029 (2013.01); B65H 2301/46018 (2013.01); B65H 2801/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medium transport apparatus includes: a transport unit transporting a belt-shaped medium having plural marks formed in line at predetermined intervals in a transport direction; a detection unit detecting the marks on the medium; and a determining unit determining that a splice exists at a position on the medium if an interval of the marks detected from the medium by the detection unit differs from the predetermined intervals, the position being identified by the marks having the interval different from the predetermined intervals.