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US 12,692,118 B2Granted
Sheet characteristic detection device and image forming system
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsSatoshi Ogata, Hitoshi Asano, Yumiko Izumiya
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Abstract
A sheet characteristic detection device includes a first conveyance path on which a sheet is conveyed, a second conveyance path that is branched from the first conveyance path and on which a sheet to be purged is conveyed without passing through an image former, and a first detector that is disposed on the first conveyance path and allows detection of sheet characteristic information corresponding to at least one of a size, a sheet thickness, a basis weight, or a moisture amount of the sheet.
Claims22
A sheet characteristic detection device comprising:
- a first conveyance path on which a sheet is conveyed;
- a second conveyance path that is branched from the first conveyance path and on which a sheet to be purged is conveyed without passing through an image former;
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- a second detector that is disposed on the second conveyance path and allows detection of a sheet characteristic.
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