Patent ID: 11927907
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An image forming device comprising: a conveyance path which is branched into a plurality of paths and through which a sheet is conveyed along a conveyance direction; a gate provided at a position in the conveyance path at which the conveyance path is branched into the plurality of paths, and configured to switch from one path to another path through which the sheet is conveyed, wherein a point at which the gate and a trailing end of the sheet to be conveyed first come into contact with one another is referred to as a first contact point; and a controller configured to control the gate to rotate in a direction in which position of the first contact point of the gate is more on an upstream side in a conveyance direction of the sheet before the trailing end of the sheet reaches the first contact point of the gate; wherein the controller controls the gate at a timing when the sheet to be conveyed passes through the gate.