US 12,351,412 B2
Conveyance apparatus and printing apparatus
Toshihiro Nakagaki, Ibaraki (JP); and Kohei Chike, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Toshihiro Nakagaki, Ibaraki (JP); and Kohei Chike, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/969,117.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-175993 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0131241 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 29/58 (2006.01); B65H 5/02 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 29/58 (2013.01) [B65H 5/021 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 2801/21 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet;
a first conveyor on a first side of the image forming device and configured to convey the sheet in a first direction towards the image forming device;
a second conveyor on a second side of the image forming device and configured to convey the sheet in the first direction away the image forming device and convey the sheet in a second direction opposite the first direction;
processing circuitry configured to:
control conveyance of the sheet by the first and second conveyors, and
control switching the second conveyor to convey the sheet in the second direction, after the conveyance of the sheet is stopped under a predetermined condition;
a storage configured to accommodate the sheet conveyed directly from the first conveyor in the first direction and accommodate the sheet conveyed directly from the second conveyor in the second direction;
a guide configured to guide the sheet conveyed from the secondconveyor to the storage,
wherein the guide overlaps the image forming device and the second conveyor in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions.