Sensing apparatus for reducing sheet detection and registration errors by using multiple light beam reflections
US5349199A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 29, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00611
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for sensing the presence or an edge of a sheet, including a light emitter, a set of reflectors and at least one light detecting member. A light beam is reflected between the emitter and detector in a repeating wave form so as to intersect a sheet path; interruption of the light beam indicates the presence of a sheet. False indications of the presence, absence or true edge of the sheet such as may be caused by sheet holes or edge irregularities are avoided by the multiple passes of a beam of light across the path of the sheet. A continuous cleaning action of the sensor may be provided by the movement of the sheet over the light emitters, light detectors and/or reflectors. The sheet sensors are useful in detecting and/or correcting sheet skew, misregistration and other potential sheet handling problems. Through the use of optic fibers, wires or other means, the light emitter(s) and light detectors that may service a network of sheet sensors positioned throughout a copying or printing machine which may be centralized and otherwise assembled in efficient modularized configurations.
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