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US 2024/0160141 A1Published application
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.
Claims11
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;
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- 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.
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.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.