Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17817380Application Date: 2022-08-04
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Publication No.: US12025942B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Masaaki Furukawa , Sota Hirano , Takahito Yamaji , Toshiyuki Sano , Tadao Kyotani
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP 21129212 2021.08.05 JP 22105648 2022.06.30
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is configured to perform image forming processing. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a main motor configured to generate a driving force, a drum clutch having a transmission state in which the driving force is transmitted to the photosensitive drum and a disconnected state in which the driving force is not transmitted to the photosensitive drum, a sheet sensor configured to detect a rear edge of a sheet upstream of the photosensitive drum in a sheet conveying direction, and a controller. In a case where a start command for subsequent image forming processing is not received after the sheet sensor detects a rear edge of a last sheet in image forming processing performed based on received print data, the controller executes drum clutch disconnection processing, and then executes main motor rotation stop processing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230043977A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-02-09
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