US 12,454,427 B2
Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveying device
Kazune Nakamura, Tokyo (JP); and Junichi Sugita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Kazune Nakamura, Tokyo (JP); and Junichi Sugita, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,274.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-101005 (JP), filed on Jun. 23, 2022; and application No. 2023-038013 (JP), filed on Mar. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0416029 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 7/02 (2013.01) [B65H 3/0684 (2013.01); B65H 9/002 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1521 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1311 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A sheet conveying device comprising:
a pickup roller configured to:
contact an uppermost sheet of sheets stacked on a sheet stacker; and
feed the uppermost sheet;
a separator configured to move the pickup roller between:
a contact position at which the pickup roller is in contact with the uppermost sheet; and
a separation position at which the pickup roller is separated from the uppermost sheet;
a conveyor configured to convey the uppermost sheet fed by the pickup roller; and
circuitry configured to:
control the conveyor to temporarily stop conveyance of the uppermost sheet;
control the separator to move the pickup roller from the contact position to the separation position in response to the temporary stop of the conveyor; and
restart the conveyance of the uppermost sheet in response to a separation of the pickup roller from the uppermost sheet.