Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – With means to align sheet
Reexamination Certificate
2009-07-29
2011-11-01
Bollinger, David H (Department: 3653)
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
With means to align sheet
C271S228000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08047536
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus has a sheet feeding portion feeding a sheet; a conveyance passage for conveying the sheet inside the apparatus; an image forming portion forming an image on the sheet; a skewing detector disposed in the conveyance passage between the sheet feeding portion and the image forming portion, detecting arrival and departure of the sheet, and detecting skewing amount of the sheet in the conveyance passage; a display portion displaying an apparatus state; a storage portion storing data; and a control portion controlling sheet feeding and conveying, and grasping the sheet skewing amount based on the output of the skewing detector to stop printing when the skewing amount is at or above a first predetermined amount stored in the storage portion.
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Bollinger David H
Kyocera Mita Corporation
Smith , Gambrell & Russell, LLP
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