US Patent No: 8,172,226
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Sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus
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May 8, 2012
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Aug 3, 2007
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Abstract
A sheet conveyance device has a sheet conveyance path formed by a guide member having a curved surface which is curved in a sheet conveyance direction, and a flexible sheet scanner is provided along the curved surface of the guide member, the flexible sheet scanner has an optical sensor layer in which photoelectric conversion devices formed by combinations of organic transistors and organic photodiodes are continuously arranged in a matrix shape.
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| 2006/0220,305 Sheet discriminating apparatus and image forming apparatus | 7 | 2006 | |
| 2007/0273,083 SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 4 | 2007 | |
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| 6,785,024 Digital scanner | 6 | 2000 | |
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| 6,034,784 Anti-skew auto-start system for document scanners | 7 | 1997 | |
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| 2004/0140,606 Original transport apparatus, original transport method and image reading apparatus | 8 | 2003 | |
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| 5,168,310 Original image transporting and reading apparatus | 7 | 1990 | |
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| 2007/0116,179 Flat image detector | 4 | 2006 | |
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