Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming system and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17113136Application Date: 2020-12-07
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Publication No.: US11237512B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Daisuke Momiyama , Takashi Yano , Hidehiro Ushiozu , Masato Suzuki , Tomoki Fujikawa
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carter, DeLuca & Farrell LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-224025 20191211,JPJP2020-196337 20201126
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprises an accommodating unit that accommodates recording materials and has a regulating plate that regulates a trailing edge of the recording material in a feeding direction, detects a recording material fed from the accommodating unit, and measures time from a predetermined timing until a recording material is detected. An information processing apparatus receives time data obtained by a measuring unit from the image forming apparatus, classifies a plurality of time data received from a reception unit into a first group and a second group in accordance with a length of time, and determines using time data included in the first group and the time data included in the second group whether a position of the regulating plate is misaligned in relation to a reference position that corresponds to a size of the recording material accommodated on the accommodating unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210181668A1 IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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