Medium detection unit, medium conveyance apparatus and image formation system including a single sensor which detects medium passage, a fully accumulated condition and a jam condition
US5963754A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 26, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00729
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A unit which detects a discharged condition of each of media with a simple and low-cost structure. For this purpose, this unit is designed to output a signal indicative of the passage of the medium, a signal indicative of a full accumulated condition of the media within the medium discharged section and a signal representative of the occurrence of a jam condition of the medium during the passage of the medium. This unit is applicable to printers such as an electrophotographic type printer.
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