Image Processing Apparatus Including Two Portions For Receiving Discharged Sheet

摘要

In an image processing apparatus, a control device controls a releasing member to release a release object onto a sheet to perform an image processing; controls a first rotating body to rotate to convey the sheet on which the releasing member has released the release object; controls a second rotating body to rotate to convey the sheet whose leading edge has passed through the first rotating body; determines whether a cover is in an open position or a close position relative to a housing of the image processing apparatus based on a signal outputted by a cover sensor; and restricts, when the cover is determined to be in the open position based on the signal, a rotation of the second rotating body while the first rotating body rotates.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a housing having an opening; a releasing member disposed in the housing and configured to release a release object onto a sheet, the sheet having a leading edge; a first discharge portion configured to receive thereon the sheet on which the release object has been released; a forward conveyance path along which the sheet is conveyed in a conveying direction from the releasing member to the first discharge portion when the cover is in the close position; a first rotating body disposed at the forward conveyance path; a second rotating body disposed at the forward conveyance path and positioned between the first rotating body and the first discharge portion, the second rotating body being configured to rotate in a forward direction to convey the sheet toward the first discharge portion along the forward conveyance path; a cover configured to move relative to the housing between a close position and the open position, in the close position the cover covering the opening and a part of the forward conveyance path being provided between the first rotary body and the second rotary body, and in the open position the cover exposing the opening to an outside and the sheet which has been passing through the releasing member and the first rotating body is delivered to an exterior of the housing; a second discharge portion configured to receive the sheet thereon when the cover is in the open position, the first rotating body being configured to rotate to convey the sheet toward the second rotating body along the part of the forward conveyance path when the cover is in the close position and being configured to rotate to discharge the sheet onto the second discharge portion through the opening when the cover is in the open position, and the part of the forward conveyance path disappearing when the cover is in the open position; a cover sensor configured to output a first signal indicative of whether the cover is disposed in the open position or in the closed position; and a control device configured to:
control the releasing member to release the release object onto the sheet to perform an image processing;control the first rotating body to rotate to convey the sheet on which the releasing member has released the release object;control the second rotating body to rotate in the forward direction to convey the sheet whose leading edge has passed through the first rotating body;determine whether the cover is in the open position or the close position based on the first signal outputted by the cover sensor; andrestrict, when the cover is determined to be in the open position based on the first signal, a rotation of the second rotating body while the first rotating body rotates.