Paper transportation device
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorsYoji ISOGAI, Yoshiaki TABATA
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Abstract
A paper transportation device 100 is provided with an obliquely transported condition detection unit 404 and a sensor movement controller 402. The obliquely transported condition detection unit 404 is configured to detect an obliquely transported condition of a sheet of paper based on a detection result of the travel-directional front end of the sheet of paper by obliquely transported condition detection sensors 113a and 113b. The obliquely transported condition detection sensors 113a and 113b are arranged in predetermined positions on a document transportation path. The sensor movement controller 402 is configured to move the obliquely transported condition detection sensors 113a and 113b in accordance with the width size of the sheet of paper.
Claims8
A paper transportation device, comprising:
- a disposition plate, at least one sheet of paper being disposed thereon;
- a paper transportation path being configured to transport the sheet of paper, the paper transportation path having a transporting member transporting the sheet of paper;
- a guide member being configured to guide the sheet of paper disposed on the disposition plate to the paper transportation path;
- a pair of sensors detecting a transportation directional front end of the sheet of paper, the sensors being arranged on the paper transportation path, at least one of the sensors being allowed to move in a paper width direction perpendicular to the paper transportation direction;
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- a sensor movement controller being configured to control an interval between the pair of sensors by moving the pair of sensors based on the width of the sheet of paper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.