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US 12,353,152 B2Granted
Sheet characteristic detection device, image forming system including the same, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsHiroyuki Yoshikawa, Hitoshi Asano, Yumiko Izumiya, Akimasa Ishikawa, Yasuo Koyanagi
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Abstract
A sheet characteristic detection device includes: a detector that is disposed on a sheet ejection path through which a sheet is ejected and that detects an electrical resistance value of the sheet; and a charge neutralizer that is disposed on a downstream side of the detector on the sheet ejection path and that neutralizes electric charge on the sheet.
Claims10
A sheet characteristic detection device comprising:
- a detector that is disposed on a sheet ejection path through which a sheet is ejected and that detects an electrical resistance value of the sheet;
- a charge neutralizer that is disposed on a downstream side of the detector on the sheet ejection path and that neutralizes electric charge on the sheet;
- and
- a sheet ejector that is disposed at an end of the sheet ejection path and that ejects the sheet to outside of the sheet characteristic detection device, wherein
- the detector and the sheet ejector are disposed such that the sheet is contactable with the detector and the sheet ejector simultaneously, and
- the charge neutralizer is disposed between the detector and the sheet ejector.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image former that forms an image on a sheet;
- a sheet characteristic detector that detects a characteristic of the sheet, wherein
- the sheet characteristic detector includes
- a detector that is disposed on a sheet ejection path through which the sheet is ejected and that detects an electrical resistance value of the sheet, and
- a charge neutralizer that is disposed on the downstream side of the detector on the sheet ejection path and that neutralizes electric charge on the sheet;
- and
- a sheet ejector that is disposed at an end of the sheet ejection path and that ejects the sheet to outside of the sheet characteristic detection device, wherein
- the detector and the sheet ejector are disposed such that the sheet is contactable with the detector and the sheet ejector simultaneously, and
- the charge neutralizer is disposed between the detector and the sheet ejector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.