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US 2010/0244353 A1Published application
Paper feeder and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiteru Kaida
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Abstract
When a recording medium is not detected even after an elapse of a predetermined period of time since a paper feeding unit fed the recording medium, the paper feeding unit is operated, to execute an assisting operation for assisting conveying of the recording medium.
Claims12
An paper feeder comprising:
- a feeding unit configured to execute an operation for feeding a recording medium and then, stop the operation;
- a conveyance unit configured to convey the fed recording medium fed by the paper feeding unit;
- and
- a detection unit configured to detect the conveyed recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit, wherein
- when the detection unit does not detect the conveyed recording medium at a predetermined timing, the feeding unit executes an assisting operation for assisting conveying of the recording medium.
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An paper feeder apparatus comprising:
- a feeding unit configured to execute an operation for feeding a recording medium and then, stop the operation;
- a conveyance unit configured to convey the fed recording medium fed by the paper feeding unit;
- a detection unit configured to detect the conveyed recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit;
- and
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on the detected recording medium,
- wherein when the detection unit does not detect the conveyed recording medium at a predetermined timing, the feeding unit executes an assisting operation for assisting conveying of the recording medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.