Electrophotography – Document handling – Copy
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-16
2011-10-11
Colilla, Daniel J (Department: 2854)
Electrophotography
Document handling
Copy
C271S228000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08036588
ABSTRACT:
In an image forming apparatus including an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet and a conveyance section which conveys the sheet to the image forming section, the conveyance section includes: a registration roller, a plurality of loop forming rollers which cause the sheet to form a loop, provided upstream of the registration roller in a sheet conveyance direction and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, a skew detection sensor which detects a skew of the sheet, and a conveyance roller provided upstream of the loop forming roller; and a control section which controls independently each of the plurality of loop forming rollers based on the detected result of the skew detection sensor. The conveyance roller is swung in the direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction.
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Ishida Yujiro
Sekine Tetsu
Colilla Daniel J
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner L.L.P.
Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc.
Primo Allister
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