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Sheet supply apparatus and image forming apparatus
US9199810B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9199810-B2 |
| Application number | US-201414337916-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jul 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | Jul 24, 2013 |
| Publication date | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2015 |
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A sheet supply apparatus includes: a tray on which a stack of sheets can be placed, an air blowing section that blows air towards the stack of sheets to float at least a topmost sheet, a sucking and conveying section, above the tray, that sucks said floating sheet(s) and conveys said sheet(s) in a prescribed direction, and a first light source that emits a first stripshaped slit light having a vertically extending component such that the slit light crosses at least a first edge of a first floating sheet and a second edge of a second floating sheet. An image capture section captures an image of the first slit light, a calculating section calculates a vertical clearance between the first and second sheets, and an air amount adjusting section adjusts an amount of air to be blown by the air blowing section based on the calculated vertical clearance.
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What is claimed is: 1. A sheet supply apparatus comprising: a tray on which a stack of sheets, which is formed with a plurality of vertically stacked sheets, is capable of being placed; an air blowing section that blows air toward the stack of sheets placed on the tray to float at least a topmost sheet; a sucking and conveying section that sucks the topmost sheet floated by the air blowing section and conveys the topmost sheet in a prescribed conveying direction, the sucking…
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- What does patent US9199810B2 cover?
- A sheet supply apparatus includes: a tray on which a stack of sheets can be placed, an air blowing section that blows air towards the stack of sheets to float at least a topmost sheet, a sucking and conveying section, above the tray, that sucks said floating sheet(s) and conveys said sheet(s) in a prescribed direction, and a first light source that emits a first stripshaped slit light having a …
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Konica Minolta Inc
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification B65H3/08. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Dec 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).