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US 6,549,741 B2Granted
Carrying apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTatsuyuki Miura
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Abstract
The carrying apparatus comprises a carrying device for carrying an object to be carried, along a carrying route, a control device for temporarily stopping and holding the object carried by the carrying device, on the carrying route, if necessary, an open/close door provided in the carrying device, for opening/closing the carrying route, and a limiter device for limiting opening of the open/close door, based on detection of the object by the detection device.
Claims10
A carrying apparatus comprising:
- a carrying device for carrying an object to be carried, along a carrying route;
- a control device for temporarily stopping and holding the object carried by the carrying device, on the carrying route, if necessary;
- an open/close door provided in the carrying device, for opening/closing the carrying route;
- and
- a limiter device for limiting opening of the open/close door, based on detection of the object by a detection device,
- wherein the carrying device has paired carrying rollers for clamping and carrying the object;
- and
- wherein the paired carrying rollers are brought into contact with each other and separated from each other in accordance with the opening/closing operation of the open/close door.
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A carrying apparatus comprising:
- a carrying device for carrying an object to be carried, along a carrying route;
- a control device for temporarily stopping and holding the object carried by the carrying device, on the carrying route, if necessary;
- an open/close door provided in the carrying device, for opening/closing the carrying route;
- and
- a warning display device for displaying an alarm indication for inhibiting opening of the carrying route,
- wherein the carrying device has a pair of carrying rollers for clamping and carrying said object;
- and
- wherein the pair of carrying rollers are brought into contact with each other and separated from each other in accordance with the opening/closing operation of the open/close door.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming device for forming an image on an image carrier;
- a transfer device for transferring the image formed by the image forming device, to an object to which the image should be transferred;
- a reverse carrying device for carrying the object having a surface to which the image has been transferred, along a reverse carrying route, thereby to reverse and feed the object again to the transfer device, and to transfer an image on another surface of the object;
- a control device for temporarily stopping and holding the object carried by the reverse carrying device, on the carrying route, if necessary;
- an open/close door provided in the reverse carrying device, for opening/closing the carrying route;
- a detection device for detecting the object held on the reverse carrying route;
- and
- a limiter device for limiting opening of the open/close door, based on detection of the object by the detection device,
- wherein the reverse carrying device has paired carrying rollers for clamping and carrying the object;
- and
- wherein the paired carrying rollers are brought into contact with each other and separated from each other in accordance with opening/closing operation of the open/close door.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming device for forming an image on an image carrier;
- a transfer device for transferring the image formed by the image forming device, to an object to which the image should be transferred;
- a reverse carrying device for carrying the object having a surface to which the image has been transferred, along a reverse carrying route, thereby to reverse and feed the object again to the transfer device, and to transfer an image on another surface of the object;
- a control device for temporarily stopping and holding the object carried by the reverse carrying device, on the carrying route, if necessary;
- an open/close door provided in the reverse carrying device, for opening/closing the carrying route;
- a detection device for detecting the object held on the reverse carrying route;
- and
- a warning display device for displaying an alarm indication for inhibiting opening of the carrying route, based on detection of the object by the detection device,
- wherein the reverse carrying device has a pair of carrying rollers for clamping and carrying said object;
- and
- wherein the pair of carrying rollers are brought into contact with each other and separated from each other in accordance with the opening/closing operation of the open/close door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.