Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conveyance device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 输送装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US12732229Application Date: 2010-03-26
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Publication No.: US08262189B2Publication Date: 2012-09-11
- Inventor: Kenichi Iesaki , Kohei Terada , Mitsuhiro Nozaki , Tomoaki Hazeyama
- Applicant: Kenichi Iesaki , Kohei Terada , Mitsuhiro Nozaki , Tomoaki Hazeyama
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2009-227850 20090930
- Main IPC: B41J29/393
- IPC: B41J29/393 ; B41J23/00

Abstract:
A conveyance device includes a linear encoder that outputs an encoder signal corresponding to displacement of a conveyed object. The encoder includes an encoder fence provided on an intersecting plane that intersects a reference plane orthogonal to a direction in which a guide element supports the conveyed object. The encoder fence is configured such that a plurality of light-transmitting portions and light-shielding portions are arranged alternately on a side of the encoder fence. The light-transmitting portions and the light-shielding portions are formed so that a first point on each boundary between each of the light-transmitting portions and each of the light-shielding portions adjacent to each other and a second point on the each boundary, which is positioned separately from the first point with respect to a direction along the side of the encoder fence and perpendicular to the conveying direction, are separately positioned with respect to the conveying direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110074856A1 Conveyance Device and Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2011-03-31
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