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(11) EP 2 506 080 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.01.2017 Bulletin 2017/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.10.2012 Bulletin 2012/40

(21) Application number: 12161457.2

(22) Date of filing: 27.03.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G03G 15/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 28.03.2011 JP 2011069189

(71) Applicant: Riso Kagaku Corporation
Tokyo 108-8385 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Fukuda, Mamoru
    Ibaraki-ken 300-0333 (JP)

(74) Representative: Hoffmann Eitle 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30
81925 München
81925 München (DE)

   


(54) Image-forming system


(57) An image-forming system includes an image-forming unit for forming an image on a sheet, a sheet feeding unit including at least a pair of feed rollers for feeding the sheet on which the image has been formed, a cutting unit for cutting away a waste portion of the sheet, and a controller. The controller is operable to controlling the sheet feeding unit for a cleaning operation of the pair of feed rollers, before the waste portion is cut away, so as to hold the sheet and drive the pair of feed rollers in contact with the waste portion of the sheet. According to the image-forming system, the pair of feed rollers can be easily cleaned up by effectively utilizing the waste portion.







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