Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15351961Application Date: 2016-11-15
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Publication No.: US09889684B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Suguru Masunaga
- Applicant: Suguru Masunaga
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Priority: JP2015-233836 20151130
- Main IPC: B41J2/01
- IPC: B41J2/01 ; B41J13/00 ; B41J11/48 ; B41J13/28

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is provided including a drive source, a switching member, a drive force transmitter, a clutch, a controller, etc. The drive source drives a conveyer to rotate either normally or reversely. The switching member is swingable between an evacuation position and a striking position as a shaft rotates. The drive force transmitter transmits a drive force from the drive source to both the conveyer and the shaft. The clutch transmits the drive force to the shaft when being connected, and holds the switching member at the striking or evacuation position when being disconnected. The controller controls the drive source and the clutch such that the conveyer normally rotates to convey a manually-inserted recording medium from a manual conveyance path to an ejector and that the switching member swings from the evacuation position to the striking position, based on a signal indicating that the set position is wrong.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170151815A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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