Image forming apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKan Ishikawa
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided which can detect abnormality in a conveyance system of a carriage by a change in posture of the carriage. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms an image onto a recording medium by moving a carriage which mounts a recording head thereon, an angular speed detection device that detects an angular speed around a predetermined axis of the carriage, and a abnormality determination device that determines abnormality in a conveyance system that moves the carriage based on whether the angular speed detected by the angular detection device when the carriage is moved exceeds a predetermined abnormality determination value.
Claims6
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming device that forms an image onto a recording medium by moving a carriage mounting a recording head thereon;
- an angular speed detection device that detects an angular speed around a predetermined axis of the carriage caused by a posture change of the carriage, the carriage including the angular speed detection device;
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- an abnormality determination device that determines abnormality in a conveyance system that moves the carriage based on whether the angular speedy detected by the angular speed detection device when the carriage is moved, exceeds a predetermined abnormality determination value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.