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US 9,957,124 B2Granted
Media conveyance apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorTakashi Saito
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Abstract
A media conveyance apparatus includes a first conveyer configured to convey media along a conveyance path, a first detector configured to detect overlap-feed of the media conveyed by the first conveyor; and a controller programmed to control operation of the first conveyor based on a detection value from the first detector, a first threshold for detection of single-feed of the media, and a second threshold for detection of overlap-feed of the media.
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A media conveyance apparatus comprising:
- a first conveyer configured to convey media along a conveyance path;
- a first detector configured to detect single-feed and overlap-feed of the media conveyed by the first conveyer;
- a second detector configured to detect the media conveyed by the first conveyer;
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- a controller programmed to:
- select a first operation mode when a width of the media in a widthwise direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction along the conveyance path is greater than or equal to a predetermined width;
- select a second operation mode when the width of the media in the widthwise direction is smaller than the predetermined width;
- control operation of the first conveyer using the first detector to detect overlap-feed of the media and the second detector to detect passage of the media in the first operation mode;
- control operation of the first conveyer using the first detector to detect passage of the media and to detect overlap-feed of the media in the second operation mode;
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- determine if overlap-feed of the media occurs based on a detection value from the first detector, a first threshold for detection of single-feed of the media, and a second threshold for detection of overlap-feed of the media.
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A media conveyance apparatus comprising:
- a first conveyer configured to convey media along a conveyance path;
- a first detector configured to detect single-feed and overlap-feed of the media conveyed by the first conveyer;
- a controller programmed to control operation of the first conveyer based on a detection value from the first detector, a first threshold for detection of single-feed of the media, and a second threshold for detection of overlap-feed of the media;
- a second detector configured to detect the media conveyed by the first conveyer;
- a second conveyer disposed downstream of the first conveyer along the conveyance path, and configured to convey the media along the conveyance path, wherein the first detector, the second conveyer, and the second detector are arranged in that order in a widthwise direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction extending along the conveyance path;
- a placement part that is disposed upstream of the first conveyer along the conveyance path, and on which the media to be conveyed is to be placed thereon;
- a first restrict member and a second restrict member facing each other in the widthwise direction, and configured to restrict a position of the media;
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- a third restrict member configured to be detachably attached to the first restrict member, and to restrict the position of the media between the second restrict member and the third restrict member when attached to the first restrict member, wherein
- the second restrict member, the third restrict member and the first restrict member are arranged in that order in the widthwise direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.