Device for switching transport direction of recording material, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyosuke NARA, Masahiro MORI
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A device for switching a transport direction of a recording material includes a switching unit and a movement unit. The switching unit switches a transport direction of a recording material by being selectively moved to a first position or a second position. The movement unit moves the switching unit between the first position and the second position by increasing or reducing a force exerted on the switching unit. The movement unit changes, on the basis of a temperature of the movement unit, timing at which the force exerted on the switching unit is increased or reduced.
Claims6
A device for switching a transport direction of a recording material, the device comprising:
- a switching unit that switches a transport direction of a recording material by being selectively moved to a first position or a second position;
- and
- a movement unit that moves the switching unit between the first position and the second position by increasing or reducing a force exerted on the switching unit,
- wherein the movement unit changes, on the basis of a temperature of the movement unit, timing at which the force exerted on the switching unit is increased or reduced.
A device for switching a transport direction of a recording material, the device comprising:
- a switching unit that switches a transport direction of a recording material by being selectively moved to a first position or a second position;
- and
- a movement unit that moves the switching unit between the first position and the second position by increasing or reducing a force exerted on the switching unit,
- wherein the movement unit changes, on the basis of the number of times the movement unit operates in a predetermined time period, timing at which the force exerted on the switching unit is increased or reduced.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a toner-image forming unit that forms a toner image;
- a recording-material transport unit that transports a recording material;
- a transfer unit that transfers the toner image, which has been formed by the toner-image forming unit, onto the recording material, which is transported by the recording-material transport unit;
- a fixing unit that fixes the toner image, which has been transferred onto the recording material by the transfer unit;
- a switching unit that switches a transport direction of the recording material by being selectively moved to a first position or a second position;
- a movement unit that moves the switching unit between the first position and the second position by increasing or reducing a force exerted on the switching unit;
- and
- a controller that controls the movement unit,
- wherein the controller changes, on the basis of a temperature of the movement unit, timing at which the force exerted on the switching unit is increased or reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.