Patent ID: 8695975
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A jam-processing assisting device configured to perform a jam removal process for removing a sheet jammed at a carriage roller by rotating the carriage roller, the jam-processing assisting device comprising: a motor configured to drive the carriage roller to rotate; a rotation-direction detecting unit configured to detect a direction of rotation in which the motor is required to rotate for removing a jam; and a motor-driving controlling unit configured to drive the motor to rotate in the direction that has been detected, at a lower speed than a speed with which the motor rotates in a normal sheet conveying mode for a first period of time, wherein the rotation-direction detecting unit determines, based on a detection of a pulling-out direction in which the jammed sheet is pulled by an external force, the pulling-out direction that has been detected as the direction of rotation of the motor and drives the motor in the pulling-out direction that has been determined.