Image forming apparatus with movable recording detecting device
US7630680B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 4, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00725
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus controls an image forming device on the basis of outputs from a detecting device for detecting a recording material accommodated in a storage device. The detecting device faces a recording material supporting member, and is able to come in contact with the recording material supported on the recording material supporting member. A supporting portion that supports the detecting device so as to be rotatable and a holding portion that holds the supporting portion so as to be movable allow for reliable and stable detection of the recording material by the detecting device even when the position of the recording material supporting member is changed.
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