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US 12,043,507 B2Granted
Sheet feed apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorShinya Aono
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Abstract
A sheet feed apparatus includes a sheet feed cassette, an air blowing device, and an air blowing control portion. The air blowing device blows warm air to a sheet stack in the sheet feed cassette. The air blowing control portion controls the air blowing device to adjust an air volume and a temperature of the warm air. The air blowing control portion adjusts the air volume and the temperature of the warm air in accordance with the amount of sheets in the sheet feed cassette.
Claims5
A sheet feed apparatus comprising:
- a sheet feed cassette;
- an air blowing device configured to blow warm air to a sheet stack in the sheet feed cassette;
- and
- an air blowing control portion configured to control the air blowing device to adjust an air volume and a temperature of the warm air, wherein
- the air blowing control portion adjusts the air volume and the temperature of the warm air in accordance with an amount of sheets in the sheet feed cassette, and
- the air blowing control portion adjusts the air volume and the temperature of the warm air also in accordance with an elapsed time from a point in time when the sheet stack is loaded in the sheet feed cassette.
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A sheet feed apparatus comprising:
- a sheet feed cassette;
- an air blowing device configured to blow warm air to a sheet stack in the sheet feed cassette;
- and
- an air blowing control portion configured to control the air blowing device to adjust an air volume and a temperature of the warm air, wherein
- the air blowing control portion adjusts the air volume and the temperature of the warm air in accordance with an amount of sheets in the sheet feed cassette, and
- the air blowing control portion adjusts the air volume and the temperature of the warm air also in accordance with a maximum value of internal humidity from a point in time when the sheet stack is loaded in the sheet feed cassette to a present time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.