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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ken-ichiro Isobe, Yokohama, JP;
Michio Sugano, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/18 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/18 (2013.01); B65H 7/20 (2013.01); G03G 15/652 (2013.01); B65H 2511/152 (2013.01); B65H 2511/30 (2013.01); B65H 2511/528 (2013.01); B65H 2513/53 (2013.01); B65H 2601/271 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00383 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00392 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0132 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus may comprise the following elements. A stacking unit in which a sheet is stacked. A conveyance unit conveys the sheet. A time-counting unit counts a conveyance time from when the conveyance unit starts to convey the sheet until the sheet arrives at a predetermined position on a conveyance path. A determination unit determines that over stacking has occurred, if the conveyance time of the sheet exceeds a first over stacking threshold value.