Patent ID: 9676574
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B65H,G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a pick-up roller configured to pick up a sheet of paper loaded in a paper container and start a movement of the picked up sheet of paper along a paper moving path by performing a first operation at least at a first time; a forward roller configured to feed the sheet of paper picked up by the pick-up roller and moving along the paper moving path toward a downstream side of the paper moving path; a feed roller configured to feed the sheet of paper fed by the forward roller toward the downstream side of the paper moving path; a feed sensor mounted between the forward roller and the feed roller configured to detect movement of the sheet of paper moving from the forward roller to the feed roller, to generate a first detection signal by detecting a front end of the sheet of paper at a second time, and to generate a second detection signal by detecting a rear end of the sheet of paper; and a controller configured to control the pick-up roller to: