Specifications

24-5. Front/Rear Edge Guide Plate Drive Mechanism/Control
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The Front and Rear Edge Guide Plates of the Duplex Unit align the front
and rear edges of the paper being stored into the Copy Storage.
•
The drive mechanism employs a rack and pinion gear and each of the two
guide plates is moved over the same distance (because of center
registration) by the gear and belt driven by Duplex Unit Front/Rear Edge
Guide Drive Motor M10.
•
M10 turns in steps, each step moving each guide plate a distance of about
0.4 mm with respect to the position where Duplex Unit Front/Rear Edge
Guide Plate Home Position Sensor PC42 is blocked. M10 is energized to
move the plates up to the corresponding paper size positions.
Front Edge Guide Plate
Light Blocking Plate
Duplex Unit Front/Rear Edge Guide
Plate Home Position Sensor PC42
Duplex Unit Front/Rear
Edge Guide Drive Motor M10
Rear Edge Guide Plate
PJ4
PWB-G
M10 turns in the direction of
A
:
A
(The Front/Rear Edge Guide Plates
are moved outward to widen the gap between them.)
M10 turns in direction of
B
:
B
(The Front/Rear Edge Guide Plates
are moved inward to narrow the gap between them.)
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Retracted Position
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After the Front/Rear Edge Guide Plates move to the width of the paper,
they are retracted as each moves 5 mm away from the corresponding edge
of the paper.
Paper
5 mm
5 mm
M-191