MEASURING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM

• Main Authors: TOKUMA NAOTO, HIROTA KENICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 19.03.2020
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COMPUTING; CONVEYING; COUNTING; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

To provide a measuring apparatus, an image formation device, and an image formation system that are highly convenient and are capable of reducing deterioration in measurement accuracy caused by heat.SOLUTION: A measurement apparatus (400) includes: a first transport path (430) that transports a sheet discharged from an image formation device to a sheet processing device; and a second transport path (431) that branches from the first transport path, passes under the first transport path, and merges into the first transport path. The second transport path has measurement means (500, 700) thereon that measure an image pattern on the sheet. A third transport path (432) that transports the sheet with its image pattern measured by the measurement means and a sheet stacking part (425) where sheets discharged from the third transport path are stacked are provided above the first transport path.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】利便性が高く、かつ、熱の影響による測定精度の低下を低減可能な測定装置、画像形成装置及び画像形成システムを提供する。【解決手段】測定装置（４００）は、画像形成装置から排出されたシートをシート処理装置に向けて搬送する第１搬送パス（４３０）と、第１搬送パスから分岐し、第１搬送パスの下方を通って第１搬送パスに合流する第２搬送パス（４３１）とを備える。第２搬送パスには、シートの画像パターンを測定する測定手段（５００，７００）が配置される。第１搬送パスの上方に、測定手段によって画像パターンが測定されたシートを搬送する第３搬送パス（４３２）と、第３搬送パスから排出されたシートが積載されるシート積載部（４２５）とが設けられる。【選択図】図２