Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeding apparatus, sheet feeding method and image formation system
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Application No.: US15251611Application Date: 2016-08-30
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Publication No.: US09836005B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Hajime Nakamura
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: JP2015-172803 20150902
- Main IPC: B65H5/08
- IPC: B65H5/08 ; G03G15/00 ; B65H3/12 ; B65H7/00 ; B65H3/48 ; B65H5/22

Abstract:
A sheet feeding apparatus includes: a second conveyance belt disposed on an upstream side of a first conveyance belt in a sheet conveyance direction; a second absorption section configured to absorb the sheet stored in the sheet storage section to suck the sheet on the second conveyance belt; and a control section configured to perform a stopping operation for stopping at least one of a conveyance operation of the second conveyance belt and an absorption operation of the second absorption section during a conveyance operation of the first conveyance belt.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170060067A1 SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS, SHEET FEEDING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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