IP Library Granted Patent US 12698172
Granted Patent B2
US 12698172 · App. 18/982,844 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Medium conveying apparatus, medium conveying method, and computer-readable non-transitory medium

Inventor: Takayuki Umi (Kahoku, JP)
Assignee: PFU LIMITED
B65H7/14B65H7/02B65H7/20B65H2220/01B65H2220/02B65H2220/03B65H2511/11B65H2511/22B65H2511/514B65H2553/82B65H2701/1311B65H2701/1313B65H2801/12
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Patent No.
US 12698172
App. No.
18/982,844
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medium conveying apparatus includes a feed roller to feed a medium, a conveyance roller pair located downstream from the feed roller in a medium conveying direction, a sensor located downstream from the conveyance roller pair in the medium conveying direction, and circuitry to start feeding a next medium when the medium is conveyed by a predetermined amount after a leading end of the medium passes the sensor.

Claims (24)

1 . A medium conveying apparatus, comprising:

a feed roller to feed a medium;

a conveyance roller pair located downstream from the feed roller in a medium conveying direction;

a sensor located downstream from the conveyance roller pair in the medium conveying direction; and

circuitry configured to start feeding a next medium when the medium is conveyed by a predetermined amount after a leading end of the medium passes the sensor, wherein

the circuitry starts feeding the next medium when a trailing end of the medium passes the sensor before the medium is conveyed by the predetermined amount after the leading end of the medium passes the sensor.

2 . The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to obtain a length of the medium, and

in a case where the length of the medium is greater than a threshold, the circuitry starts feeding a subsequent medium that is subsequent to the next medium when a trailing end of the next medium passes the sensor.

3 . The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to receive a setting for the threshold.

4 . The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the sensor is a light detection sensor that includes a light emitter to emit light to a medium conveyance path and a light receiver to receive the light emitted by the light emitter.

5 . The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the sensor is an imaging sensor to image the medium.

6 . The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to receive a setting for the predetermined amount.

7 . A medium conveying method, comprising:

feeding a medium with a feed roller; and

starting to feed a next medium when the medium is conveyed by a predetermined amount after a leading end of the medium passes a sensor located downstream from a conveyance roller pair in a medium conveying direction, wherein the conveyance roller pair is located downstream from the feed roller in the medium conveying direction, wherein

feeding the next medium is started when a trailing end of the medium passes the sensor before the medium is conveyed by the predetermined amount after the leading end of the medium passes the sensor.

8 . A computer-readable, non-transitory medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program causes a medium conveying apparatus including a feed roller to feed a medium, a conveyance roller pair located downstream from the feed roller in a medium conveying direction, and a sensor located downstream from the conveyance roller pair in the medium conveying direction, to execute a process, the process comprising

starting to feed a next medium when the medium is conveyed by a predetermined amount after a leading end of the medium passes a sensor, wherein

feeding the next medium is started when a trailing end of the medium passes the sensor before the medium is conveyed by the predetermined amount after the leading end of the medium passes the sensor.