Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Separator and conveyor
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-02
2011-10-11
Joerger, Kaitlin (Department: 3653)
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Separator and conveyor
C271S010110, C347S104000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08033541
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes a tray, a sheet conveying path through which sheets are conveyed, a sheet feeding unit including a sheet feed roller for feeding a first sheet to a sheet holding position, a sheet conveying unit having a conveyor roller that intermittently rotates and holds the sheets. The sheet conveying unit is upstream from a recording position, and downstream from the sheet feeding unit. The image forming apparatus also includes a recording unit, and a controller. The recording unit forms an image onto the first sheet while the conveyor roller is not rotating. The sheet feeding unit feeds a leading edge of a second sheet to the sheet conveying unit and maintains the leading edge of the second sheet colliding against the sheet conveying unit at the sheet holding position by rotating the sheet feed roller prior to completing image formation on the first sheet.
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Akiyama Shigeki
Hirano Masatoshi
Baker & Botts L.L.P.
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Joerger Kaitlin
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