Image forming apparatus
AssigneeMita Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsKatsuhiro Yoshiuchi, Hiroshi Kageyama
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of simplifying work for removing a sheet by a user after a jam occurs. An image is formed on a sheet having a predetermined length cut from a rolled-sheet. A cutting mechanism is provided in a halfway portion of a conveying path through which the sheet passes. When a jam occurs in the conveying path, the cutting mechanism is operated, whereby the sheet is cut. The sheet in the apparatus can be immediately removed, therefore.
Claims4
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet having a predetermined length cut from a strip-shaped continuous sheet, comprising:
- image forming means for forming an image on the sheet;
- sheet conveying means for conveying the sheet along a conveying path passing through the image forming means;
- cutting means, provided in a position on the conveying path, for cutting the sheet;
- jam detecting means for judging whether or not a jam occurs in the conveying path;
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- jam-mode cutting controlling means for causing the cutting means to operate for cutting the sheet in response to a judgment that a jam has occurred by the jam detecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.