ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,568, issued on May 20, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by So Matsumoto (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a reverse roller pair, a revering motor. A controller controls rotation of the reverse motor in a first feeding mode for the sheet with a first length and in a second feeding mode for the sheet with a second length shorter than the first length. The controller executes a first acceleration control in which the reverse motor rotating in the first rotational direction is accelerated from a predetermined speed to a fi...