Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus capable of providing side registration
- Patent Title (中): 能够提供侧面配准的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11829392Application Date: 2007-07-27
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Publication No.: US08205878B2Publication Date: 2012-06-26
- Inventor: Noritaka Masuda
- Applicant: Noritaka Masuda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2006-204797 20060727
- Main IPC: B65H9/16
- IPC: B65H9/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet conveyance path in which a sheet is conveyed; at least one sheet feeding mechanism to supply the sheet to the sheet conveyance path; a sheet conveyance mechanism to convey the sheet in a sheet conveyance direction; a detection mechanism to detect a position of a side of the sheet parallel to the sheet conveyance direction; a movement mechanism to move the sheet in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction; a memory to store reference position information specific to the at least one sheet feeding mechanism, respectively; and a movement control mechanism to control a movement distance of the movement mechanism based on the detected position and the reference position information specific to a selected one of the at least one sheet feeding mechanism.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080024808A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING SIDE REGISTRATION Public/Granted day:2008-01-31
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