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US 11,420,837 B2Granted
Sheet placement device, sheet feeding device, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorKazune Nakamura
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Abstract
A sheet placement device includes a placement member on which a sheet is placed; a limiter that is movable with respect to the placement member to limit a position of an end of the sheet placed on the placement member; a contact member provided in the limiter and to be displaced by contacting with the end of the sheet; and a detector that detects displacement of the contact member. The detector is provided in the placement member.
Claims11
A sheet placement device comprising:
- a placement member on which a sheet is placed;
- a limiter that is movable with respect to the placement member and limits a position of an end of the sheet placed on the placement member;
- a contacter provided in the limiter and to be displaced by contacting with the end of the sheet;
- and
- a detector that detects displacement of the contacter, wherein
- the detector is provided at the placement member and remains static when the limiter moves.
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A sheet placement device comprising:
- a placement member on which a sheet is placed;
- a limiter that is movable with respect to the placement member and limits a position of an end of the sheet placed on the placement member;
- a contacter provided in the limiter and to be displaced by contacting with the end of the sheet;
- a detector that detects displacement of the contacter;
- and
- a conductor that is to be displaced along with displacement of the contacter,
- wherein the detector is provided at the placement member and remains static when the limiter moves, and
- the detector includes a capacitance sensor that senses capacitance that varies in accordance with a distance to the conductor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.