Title:
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014134753
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus able to prevent tear of a recording medium.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus comprises: locking means configured to lock a drawing unit in an apparatus body, the drawing unit being configured to accommodate a main conveyance path along which paper conveyed from a paper feed part is conveyed to a tandem image forming apparatus, and an ejection path along which paper with an image formed thereon is conveyed to a paper ejection part, and configured such that the unit can be drawn from the apparatus body; bridge detection means, such as a bridge sensor, configured to detect whether a recording medium is bridging over a space between the conveyance path on the body side and the conveyance path on the drawing unit side; and control means configured to control the locking means such that when the bridge detection means detects a bridge, the drawing unit is locked in the apparatus body.
Inventors:
OTA YOSHIHIDE
EBARA YUZURU
ISHII HIROSHI
KAWASE JUNICHI
TAKENAKA YASUTA
NISHIKAWA TETSUJI
HIRAKAWA KOTA
SHIMADA TOSHIHIRO
FUNAYAMA YUSUKE
ENDO TAKESHI
MASU YUSUKE
SUZUKI MAKOTO
EBARA YUZURU
ISHII HIROSHI
KAWASE JUNICHI
TAKENAKA YASUTA
NISHIKAWA TETSUJI
HIRAKAWA KOTA
SHIMADA TOSHIHIRO
FUNAYAMA YUSUKE
ENDO TAKESHI
MASU YUSUKE
SUZUKI MAKOTO
Application Number:
JP2013033536A
Publication Date:
July 24, 2014
Filing Date:
February 22, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
RICOH CO LTD
International Classes:
G03G21/00; B65H7/06; B65H43/04; G03G15/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2003054778A | 2003-02-26 | |||
JPH03105363A | 1991-05-02 | |||
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Foreign References:
US5854965A | 1998-12-29 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Toshi Kuroda
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