Image forming system with an unjamming execution section

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9709939-B2
Application number	US-201514695189-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2015
Priority date	Apr 28, 2014
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

The image forming system includes an unjamming execution section configured to execute unjamming for eliminating a sheet jam when the sheet jam is caused in the image forming system; and a control section configured to control the unjamming execution section to execute the unjamming in accordance with a position of the sheet jam or a portion of the long sheet causing the sheet jam, or both in the image forming system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image forming system comprising:
a sheet feeding apparatus configured to feed a continuous sheet;
an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on the continuous sheet fed by the sheet feeding apparatus;
a sheet ejection apparatus configured to eject the continuous sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming apparatus;
a detection section comprising a plurality of sensors configured to detect a position of a sheet jam or a portion of the continuous sheet causing the sheet jam, or both, in the image forming system;
an unjamming execution section configured to execute unjamming for eliminating a sheet jam when the sheet jam is caused in the image forming system; and
a control section configured to control the unjamming execution section to execute the unjamming in accordance with a position of the sheet jam or a portion of the continuous sheet causing the sheet jam, or both, detected by the detection section,
wherein the unjamming execution section includes a cutting section disposed between the sheet feeding apparatus and the image forming apparatus and configured to cut the continuous sheet along a width direction.

2. The image forming system according to claim 1 further comprising an operation reception section configured to receive a request to execute the unjamming, wherein
the control section executes the unjamming when a request to execute the unjamming is received at the operation reception section.

3. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the sheet jam is caused in the sheet feeding apparatus at a leading end portion of the continuous sheet, the unjamming includes a process in which the continuous sheet is conveyed in a direction opposite to a conveyance direction.

4. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the sheet jam is caused in the image forming apparatus at a leading end portion of the continuous sheet on an upstream side in a conveyance direction of an image formation position for forming an image on the continuous sheet, the unjamming includes a process in which the continuous sheet is conveyed in a direction opposite to the conveyance direction.

5. The image forming system according to claim 1 further comprising an evacuation section configured to evacuate the continuous sheet from a sheet conveyance path, wherein
when the sheet jam is caused in the image forming apparatus at a leading end portion of the continuous sheet on an upstream side in a conveyance direction of an image formation position for forming an image on the continuous sheet, the unjamming includes a process in which a part of the continuous sheet that is cut by the cutting section and that remains in the sheet feeding apparatus is conveyed in a direction opposite to the conveyance direction whereas another part of the continuous sheet that is cut by the cutting section and that remains in the image forming apparatus is conveyed in the direction opposite to the conveyance direction to the evacuation section.

6. The image forming system according to claim 1 further comprising an evacuation section configured to evacuate the continuous sheet from a sheet conveyance path, wherein
the image forming apparatus fixes the image formed on the continuous sheet to the continuous sheet, and,
when the sheet jam is caused in the image forming apparatus at a leading end portion of the continuous sheet on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of a fixing position for fixing the image on the continuous sheet, the unjamming includes a process in which a part of the continuous sheet that is cut by the cutting section and that remains in the sheet feeding apparatus is conveyed in a direction opposite to the conveyance direction whereas another part of the continuous sheet that is cut by the cutting section and that remains in the image forming apparatus is conveyed in the conveyance direction to the evacuation section.

7. The image forming system according to claim 6 , wherein a speed for conveying the part remaining in the image forming apparatus is a speed at which a fixation process is allowed to be performed and which is lower than a conveyance speed used for a case where the sheet jam is not caused.

8. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the sheet jam is caused in the sheet ejection apparatus at a leading end portion of the continuous sheet, the unjamming includes a process in which a conveyance roller disposed immediately before a position where the sheet jam is caused on an upstream side in the conveyance direction is reversely rotated before the conveyance roller is rotated forward.

9. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the sheet jam is caused at a middle portion of the continuous sheet, the unjamming includes a process in which a conveyance roller disposed immediately before a position where the sheet jam is caused on an upstream side in the conveyance direction is reversely rotated before the conveyance roller is rotated forward.

10. The image forming system according to claim 1 further comprising an operation reception section configured to receive a request to execute the unjamming, wherein
the control section executes the unjamming when a request to execute the unjamming is received at the operation reception section.

11. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the sheet jam is caused in the sheet feeding apparatus at a leading end portion of the continuous sheet, the unjamming includes a process in which the continuous sheet is conveyed in a direction opposite to a conveyance direction.

12. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the sheet jam is caused in the sheet ejection apparatus at a leading end portion of the continuous sheet, the unjamming includes a process in which a conveyance roller disposed immediately before a position where the sheet jam is caused on an upstream side in the conveyance direction is reversely rotated before the conveyance roller is rotated forward.

13. The image forming system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the sheet jam is caused at a middle portion of the continuous sheet, the unjamming includes a process in which a conveyance roller disposed immediately before a position where the sheet jam is caused on an upstream side in the conveyance direction is reversely rotated before the conveyance roller is rotated forward.

14. An image forming system comprising:
a sheet feeding apparatus configured to feed a continuous sheet;
an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on the continuous sheet fed by the sheet feeding apparatus;
a sheet ejection apparatus configured to eject the continuous sheet on which an image is formed by the image forming apparatus;
a detection section comprising a plurality of sensors configured to detect a position of a sheet jam or a portion of the continuous sheet causing the sheet jam, or both, in the image forming system;
an unjamming execution section configured to execute unjamming for eliminating a sheet jam when the sheet jam is caused in the image forming system; and
a control section configured to control the unjamming execution section to execute the unjamming in accordance with a position of the sheet jam or a portion of the continuous sheet causing the sheet jam, or both, detected by the detection section,
wherein the unjamming execution section includes a cutting section disposed between the image forming apparatus and the sheet ejection apparatus and configured to cut the continuous sheet along a width direction.

15. The image forming system accor

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Matsumoto Hiroshi
• Sugishima Akira
• Hanyu Naohiko

Classifications

• G03G15/70 Primary

  Detecting malfunctions relating to paper handling, e.g. jams · CPC title

• B41J11/006

  Means for preventing paper jams or for facilitating their removal · CPC title

• G03G15/652

  Feeding a copy material originating from a continuous web roll · CPC title

• G03G2215/00552

  Purge of recording medium at jam · CPC title

• G03G15/5012 Primary

  Priority interrupt; Job recovery, e.g. after jamming or malfunction · CPC title