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Granted Patent B2
US 8,998,207 · App. 13/562,395 · Granted Apr 7, 2015

Image recording apparatus

Inventors: Hironori Takasaki (Ogaki, JP); Quanhe Li (Nagoya-shi, CN)
Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
G03G15/6552B41J13/0036G03G15/6573G03G2215/00447G03G2215/00734G03G2215/00742
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Patent No.
US 8,998,207
App. No.
13/562,395
Granted
Apr 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image recording apparatus includes: a recording portion; a sheet conveyor; a detector; and a controller configured to control the sheet conveyor to stop a first-attribute sheet in a state in which the sheet conveyor is nipping the first-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that the first-attribute sheet reaches a first-attribute-sheet stopping position; and to control the sheet conveyor to stop a second-attribute sheet in a state in which the sheet conveyor is nipping the second-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that the second-attribute sheet reaches a second-attribute-sheet stopping position which is located on an upstream side of the first-attribute-sheet stopping position in the conveying direction.

Claims (40)

1. An image recording apparatus, comprising:

a recording portion configured to record an image on a sheet conveyed through a conveying path in a conveying direction by ejecting recording material to the sheet;

a sheet conveyor disposed at a downstream side of the recording portion in the conveying direction and configured to convey the sheet in the conveying direction while nipping the sheet;

a detector configured to detect a position of the sheet conveyed through the conveying path; and

a controller configured to:

in a case where all parts of the image have been recorded on a first-attribute sheet which has a first attribute, control the sheet conveyor to stop the first-attribute sheet in a state in which the sheet conveyor is nipping the first-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that the first-attribute sheet reaches a first-attribute-sheet stopping position where the-first-attribute sheet is to be stopped after all parts of the image have been recorded thereon;

in a case where all parts of the image have been recorded on a second-attribute sheet which has a second attribute, control the sheet conveyor to stop the second-attribute sheet in a state in which the sheet conveyor is nipping the second-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that the second-attribute sheet reaches a second-attribute-sheet stopping position where the second-attribute sheet is to be stopped after all parts of the image have been recorded thereon, the second-attribute-sheet stopping position being located on an upstream side of the first-attribute-sheet stopping position in the conveying direction;

control the sheet conveyor to stop conveying the first-attribute-sheet when an upstream end of the first-attribute-sheet in the conveying direction reaches the first-attribute-sheet stopping position which is located on an upstream side of the sheet conveyor in the conveying direction; and

control the sheet conveyor to stop conveying the second-attribute-sheet when an upstream end of the second-attribute-sheet in the conveying direction reaches the second-attribute-sheet stopping position.

2. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

in a case where an amount of recording material to be ejected to the sheet on which all arts of the image have been recorded is smaller than a predetermined threshold, stop the sheet on which all parts of the image have been recorded to be positioned at one of the first-attribute-sheet stopping position and the second-attribute-sheet stopping position; and

in a case where the amount of the recording material ejected to the sheet is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, stop the sheet on which all parts of the image have been recorded to reach an upstream-side stopping position where the sheet is to be stopped and which is located on an upstream side of the one of the first-attribute-sheet stopping position and the second-attribute-sheet stopping position in the conveying direction while the sheet conveyor is nipping the sheet.

3. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first attribute indicates a first length of the sheet in the conveying direction and the second attribute indicates a second length of the sheet in the conveying direction, and the first length is smaller than the second length.

4. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first attribute indicates a first weight of the sheet per unit area and the second attribute indicates a second weight of the sheet per unit area, and the first weight is smaller than the second weight.

5. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recording portion includes a recording head and a plurality of nozzles formed in the recording head in the conveying direction and from which recording material is ejected, and

wherein the first-attribute-sheet stopping position and the second-attribute-sheet stopping position are located on a downstream side of a most downstream one of the plurality of nozzles in the conveying direction.

6. An image recording apparatus, comprising:

a recording portion configured to record an image on a sheet conveyed through a conveying path in a conveying direction by ejecting recording material to the sheet;

a sheet conveyor disposed at a downstream side of the recording portion in the conveying direction and configured to convey the sheet in the conveying direction while nipping the sheet;

a detector configured to detect a position of the sheet conveyed through the conveying path;

a controller configured to:

in a case where all parts of the image have been recorded on a first-attribute sheet which has a first attribute, control the sheet conveyor to stop the first-attribute sheet in a state in which the sheet conveyor is nipping the first-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that the first-attribute sheet reaches a first-attribute-sheet stopping position where the-first-attribute sheet is to be stopped after all parts of the image have been recorded thereon; and,

in a case where all parts of the image have been recorded on a second-attribute sheet which has a second attribute, control the sheet conveyor to stop the second-attribute sheet in a state in which the sheet conveyor is nipping the second-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that the second-attribute sheet reaches a second-attribute-sheet stopping position where the second-attribute sheet is to be stopped after all parts of the image have been recorded thereon, the second-attribute-sheet stopping position being located on an upstream side of the first-attribute-sheet stopping position in the conveying direction;

an attribute-storage configured to store the first attribute and the second attribute; and

a stopping-position storage configured to store the first-attribute-sheet stopping position and the second-attribute-sheet stopping position, and

wherein the controller is further configured to:

in a case where the attribute-storage stores the first attribute of the first-attribute sheet, control the sheet conveyor to stop conveying the first-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that the first-attribute sheet reaches the first-attribute-sheet stopping position read from the stopping-position storage; and

in a case where the attribute-storage stores the second attribute of the second-attribute sheet, control the sheet conveyor to stop conveying the second-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that the second-attribute sheet reaches the second-attribute-sheet stopping position read from the stopping-position storage.

7. The image recording apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to:

control the sheet conveyor to stop conveying the first-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that an upstream end of the first-attribute-sheet in the conveying direction reaches the first-attribute-sheet stopping position which is located on an upstream side of the sheet conveyor in the conveying direction; and

control the sheet conveyor to stop conveying the second-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that an upstream end of the second-attribute-sheet in the conveying direction reaches the second-attribute-sheet stopping position.

8. The image recording apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the attribute-storage is configured to store information about a first length of the sheet in the conveying direction of the first attribute and a second length of the sheet in the conveying direction of the second attribute, and

wherein the first length is smaller than the second length.

9. The image recording apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the attribute-storage is configured to store information about a first weight of the sheet per unit area as the first attribute and a second weight of the sheet per unit area as the second attribute, and

wherein the first weight is smaller than the second weight.

10. The image recording apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a recording-material-amount storage configured to store an amount of recording material ejected to the sheet after all parts of the image have been recorded thereon by the recording portion,

wherein the stopping-position storage is configured to store an upstream-side stopping position where the sheet is to be stopped and which is located on an upstream side of at least one of the first-attribute-sheet stopping position and the second-attribute-sheet stopping position in the conveying direction, and

wherein the controller is configured to:

in a case where the recording-material-amount storage stores that the amount of the recording material ejected to the sheet is smaller than a predetermined threshold, control the sheet conveyor to stop conveying the sheet in a state in which the sheet on which all parts of the image have been recorded to be positioned at one of the first-attribute-sheet stopping position and the second-attribute-sheet stopping position, and

in a case where the recording-material-amount storage stores that the amount of the recording material ejected to the sheet is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, control the sheet conveyor to stop conveying the sheet in a state in which the sheet on which all parts of the image have been recorded to be positioned at the upstream-side stopping position stored in the stopping-position storage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2012
From: TAKASAKI, HIRONORI; LI, QUANHE
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 028685/0871 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-171543 · Aug 5, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130033715A1 · Feb 7, 2013