Sheet conveyance apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9885994
APP PUB NO 20170023901A1
SERIAL NO

15188778

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A sheet conveyance apparatus which conveys sheets fed from a first sheet feeding unit and sheets fed from a second sheet feeding unit to a merging point, inserts the sheets fed from the first sheet feeding unit into the sheets fed from the second sheet feeding unit in a predetermined order at the merging point, and discharges the sheets fed from the first sheet feeding unit and the sheets fed from the second sheet feeding unit to a downstream side includes: a jam detecting unit configured to detect a jam of a sheet in the first sheet feeding unit; and a control unit configured to newly feed sheets which are before the predetermined order, in which a sheet causing the jam is supposed to be inserted, and have not been fed from the second sheet feeding unit, and convey the newly fed sheets to the downstream side.

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KONICA MINOLTA INCTOKYO 100-7015

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Asakawa, Minoru Hachioji, JP 30 219

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