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. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an accommodation unit that accommodates one or more recording materials while regulating a leading edge of each of the one or more recording materials; a feeding unit that, when the one or more recording materials is a plurality of recording materials and when continuously feeding the recording materials accommodated in the accommodation unit, feeds a second recording material of the plurality of recording materials to a conveying path with an interval being provided between a trailing edge of a first recording material of the plurality of recording materials and a leading edge of the second recording material after the first recording material has been fed to the conveying path; a first detecting unit that detects a recording material fed by the feeding unit at a first position in the conveying path; and a second detecting unit that detects a recording material fed by the feeding unit at a second position that is situated downstream from the first position in a conveying direction of the recording material, wherein when the first recording material and the second recording material each have a first length in the conveying direction and when a value that is a sum of the first length and the interval is less than a distance at the conveying path from a regulation position to the second position, the feeding unit feeds the second recording material in accordance with a timing in which the first detecting unit detects the first recording material, the regulation position being where the accommodation unit regulates the leading edge of each of the plurality of recording materials, and wherein when the first recording material and the second recording material each have a second length that is longer than the first length in the conveying direction and when a value that is a sum of the second length and the interval is greater than or equal to the distance at the conveying path 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.