US 12,280,975 B2
Image forming apparatus
Masatomo Yamaguchi, Inazawa (JP); Yuya Tatematsu, Nagoya (JP); and Hironori Takasaki, Ogaki (JP)
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,410.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-219779 (JP), filed on Dec. 29, 2020; and application No. 2021-091563 (JP), filed on May 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204299 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 7/04 (2006.01); B65H 16/10 (2006.01); B65H 20/02 (2006.01); B65H 26/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 26/02 (2013.01) [B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 3/06 (2013.01); B65H 7/04 (2013.01); B65H 16/10 (2013.01); B65H 20/02 (2013.01); B65H 2511/515 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a feeding tray capable of being inserted into and pulled out from the housing, and including a first accommodation part in which a roll body having a configuration where a sheet-shaped medium is rolled in a roll shape is accommodated and a second accommodation part in which a plurality of sheet-shaped media are accommodated in a state of being stacked;
a feed roller configured to feed a sheet-shaped medium from the feeding tray toward a conveying path;
an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet-shaped medium provided in the conveying path; and
one or more detection units configured to detect whether a sheet-shaped medium is arranged in a predetermined position in the feeding tray.