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US 11,856,168 B2Granted
Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsHarumitsu Fujimori, Shota Igo, Naoto Sugaya, Kenji Tamaki
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Abstract
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes: a speed detection roller that detects a conveyance speed of a sheet by coming into contact with the sheet being conveyed and being driven to rotate; and a hardware processor that performs temperature control to make an ambient temperature of the speed detection roller a predetermined temperature.
Claims14
A sheet conveyance apparatus comprising:
- a speed detection roller that detects a conveyance speed of a sheet, the speed detection roller being driven to rotate by coming into contact with the sheet being conveyed and by receiving a rotational force from the sheet being conveyed;
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- a hardware processor that performs temperature control to make an ambient temperature of the speed detection roller a predetermined temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.