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US 9,845,214 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorMakoto Ui
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet conveyance section configured to convey a long sheet along a sheet feeding path; and an image forming section configured to form an image on the long sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance section, the sheet conveyance section including a conveyance unit that includes a first conveyance roller and a second conveyance roller for conveying the long sheet in a sandwiching manner, and is movable along a sheet conveyance direction in a state where the long sheet is conveyed through the sheet feeding path.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a sheet conveyance section configured to convey a long sheet along a sheet feeding path;
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- an image forming section configured to form an image on the long sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance section,
- the sheet conveyance section including a conveyance unit that includes a first conveyance roller and a second conveyance roller for conveying the long sheet in a sandwiching manner, the conveyance unit being movable between a mounted state, in which the conveyance unit is mounted in the apparatus, and a dismounted state, in which the conveyance unit is pulled out of the apparatus, along a sheet conveyance direction when the long sheet is conveyed through the sheet feeding path without cutting the long sheet.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a sheet conveyance section configured to convey a long sheet along a sheet feeding path;
- an image forming section configured to form an image on the long sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance section,
- the sheet conveyance section including a conveyance unit that includes a first conveyance roller and a second conveyance roller for conveying the long sheet in a sandwiching manner, the conveyance unit being movable along a sheet conveyance direction in a state where the long sheet is conveyed through the sheet feeding path, wherein the conveyance unit is movable between a mounted state, in which the conveyance unit is mounted in the apparatus, and a pulled out state, in which the conveyance unit is pulled out of the apparatus, and one of the first conveyance roller and the second conveyance roller includes a shaft with at least one pinion at an end thereof, the pinion being in driving engagement with a motor when the conveyance unit is in the mounted state and being disconnected from the motor in the pulled out state, and
- a rack, wherein the pinion is disengaged with the rack when the conveyance unit is in the mounted position and the pinion engages with the rack when the conveyance unit is moved to or from the pulled out position so that the one of the first conveyance roller and the second conveyance roller rotates when the conveyance unit is moved to or from the pulled out position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.