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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
May. 09, 2014
Hideaki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Taewon Kim, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Katsumata, Kanagawa, JP;
Isamu Funayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Taewon Kim, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Katsumata, Kanagawa, JP;
Isamu Funayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the present invention, when a status of clogging a paper due to some cause occurs, controls of inverting a conveyance roller and returning the jammed paper in a paper feeding tray is performed. At this time, the position of a paper damming up member is lowered by an actuator when the jammed paper is returned to the paper feeding tray and the conveyance roller is inverted so as to avoid a state in which the paper damming up memberhinders the returning of the paper and the paper cannot be returned to the paper feeding tray. The paper damming up member is lowered to a position that is lower than a conveyance guide plate at a downstream side in a paper conveying direction. Then, the paper is returned to the paper feeding tray without damage. The returned paper can be reused.