IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FEEDING DEVICE

摘要

An image forming apparatus according to the invention(s) has the following feature(s): When first and second recording materials have a first length and a sum of the first length and an interval is less than a distance from a regulation position, where an accommodation unit regulates a leading edge of a recording material, to a second position, a feeding unit feeds a second recording material in accordance with a timing in which a first detecting unit detects the first recording material. When the first and second recording materials have a second length that is longer than the first length and a sum of the second length and the interval is greater than or equal to the distance from the regulation position to the second position, the feeding unit feeds the second recording material in accordance with a timing in which the second detecting unit detects the first recording material.

主权项

1. A feeding device comprising:
an accommodation unit that accommodates recording materials; a feeding unit that feeds a second recording material accommodated in the accommodation unit to a conveying path, after feeding a first recording material accommodated in the accommodation unit to the conveying path, with an interval being provided between a trailing edge of the first recording material and a leading edge of the second recording material; a first detecting unit that detects a recording material fed by the feeding unit at a first position in the conveying path; a second detecting unit that detects a recording material fed by the feeding unit at a second position that is downstream from the first position in a conveying direction of the recording material; and a control unit that controls the feeding unit, wherein, in a case where the interval is a first length, the control unit controls the feeding unit to feed the second recording material based on a timing in which the first detecting unit detects the first recording material, and wherein, in a case where the interval is a second length which is longer than the first length, the control unit controls the feeding unit to feed the second recording material based on a timing in which the second detecting unit detects the first recording material.