Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of estimating lifetime of conveyance part provided in image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16504056Application Date: 2019-07-05
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Publication No.: US10795303B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Shun-ichi Ebihara
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@143fd7aa
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; B65H43/02 ; B65H43/06

Abstract:
In an image forming apparatus, a first conveyance part conveys a sheet, a detection unit detects a leading edge of the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance part, a second conveyance part is provided downstream of the detection unit in a conveyance direction of the sheet and conveys the sheet, a measurement unit measures a conveyance time of the sheet from when conveyance of the sheet by the first conveyance part is started until the leading edge of the sheet is detected by the detection unit, and an estimation unit estimates a remaining lifetime of the second conveyance part based on the conveyance time measured by the measurement unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200019105A1 METHOD OF ESTIMATING LIFETIME OF CONVEYANCE PART PROVIDED IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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