Patent ID: 8960670
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a conveyer configured to convey a sheet; an image forming unit configured to form an image on the sheet; a main body including a main body guide, the main body guide being positioned downstream of the image forming unit in a feeding direction of the sheet and being configured to guide the sheet toward the image forming unit; a movable unit including a movable unit guide connected to the main body guide, the movable unit guide being configured to guide the sheet conveyed from the main body guide toward the image forming unit, the movable unit being movable with respect to a guide position at which the sheet is guided; a position detector configured to output a position detection signal according to a state of the movable unit representing whether the movable unit is in the guide position or not; and a controller configured to: determine whether the movable unit is in the guide position based on the position detection signal; perform a waiting process in which the conveyer is controlled to temporarily stop conveying the sheet at a feeding area on the main body guide; and perform a feeding execution process in which the conveyer is controlled to feed the sheet by a feeding amount in a case where it is determined that the movable unit is not in the guide position while the controller is performing the waiting process.