Patent ID: 9199815
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A paper conveying device, comprising: a paper feeding section for feeding a sheet of paper to a paper conveying path; a registration section, provided along said paper conveying path, for temporarily stopping the conveyed sheet of paper and re-conveying the sheet of paper; a conveying section, provided in said paper conveying path from said paper feeding section to said registration section, for conveying the sheet of paper fed to said paper conveying path to said registration section; a controller configured to: receive information related to a size of the conveyed sheet of paper; control conveyance of the sheet of paper such that when a plurality of sheets of paper are fed successively to said paper conveying path and a preceding sheet of paper is stopped at said registration section, a following, succeeding sheet of paper is temporarily stopped at a prescribed position downstream of said conveying section in the paper conveying direction, and then the sheet is re-conveyed toward said registration section at a prescribed timing; change a timing to start re-conveyance of the succeeding sheet of paper in accordance with paper length in the paper conveying direction of the conveyed sheet of paper received by said controller; and change the timing to start re-conveyance of the succeeding sheet of paper based on a path length from said paper feeding section to the position at which the succeeding sheet of paper is temporarily stopped and on said paper length of the conveyed sheet of paper.