Abstract: A large packaging bag includes a packaging bag body. The packaging bag body has a bag opening. The large packaging bag also includes an exposed zipper profile part. The exposed zipper profile part has a female engaging surface. The engaging surface is exposed outside when the bag opening is closed.

Abstract: A container includes a container body; and a cap that locks onto the container body, the container body and the cap being locked by putting the cap on the container body. The cap includes a cap body, a cover cap being held on the cap body so as to be displaceable and rotatable, and an urging portion that upwardly urges the cover cap. When a rotational force is applied to the cover cap being downwardly pressed, the cap body is displaced in conjunction with the cover cap, so that locking between the cap body and the container body is released, and in a state where the cover cap is not downwardly pressed, the cap body is not displaced in conjunction with the cover cap even when a rotational force is applied to the cover cap, so that locking between the cap body and the container body is not released.

Abstract: The structural node of tight separable joint of bottle neck with its threaded screwed cap made of plastic includes a cylindrical neck (1) of bottle (2) and a screw cap (3) screwed onto outer thread (4) of the neck, the cap being provided with an inner thread (5) and an inner sleeve (8) joined inseparably with bottom (6) of the cap, whereas outer surface of the sleeve has at least one annular sealing tongue (11 or 13) end of which fits tight to cylindrical surface (12) of the neck (1) or end of the at least one annular tongue (11 or 13) is set tightly in eat least one circumferential groove (14 or 15) provided on inner cylindrical surface (12) of the neck (1). Moreover the cap (3), on inner surface of its sleeve portion (10), has annular offsets (17) situated above its thread (5) ends of which are tightly set in circumferential grooves (18) provided on outer surface of the neck (1) above its outer thread (4) and opposite said offset ends.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a security closure system and devices for containers, which can be used in any type of container and can be validated by means of simple sight and touch, thereby being tamper-resistant and preventing any adulteration by means of the non-authorised re-use of the original container. The system and devices are preferably used in containers made from vitreous materials such as ceramics, plastics and thermoplastics, owing to the properties of stiffness. The devices of the invention can be used for any product and any type of container, such as bottles for alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, containers for cosmetics, perfumes, drugs, food and valuable items such as watches, electronics or fine jewelry.

Abstract: Provided herein are an article and method for securing a fluid container. The article includes a tamper evident cap, comprising a head section including an inner surface, an outer surface, and a tab; and a tail section including tapered members extending therefrom. The inner surface is arranged and disposed to receive a valve or opening therein and the tail section is arranged and disposed to engage the tab. The method includes providing a tamper evident cap comprising a head section including an inner surface, an outer surface, and a tab, and a tail section including tapered members extending therefrom; positioning the inner surface of the head section over a valve or opening of the fluid container; passing the tail section through or around a portion of the fluid container; and inserting the tail section into an opening in the tab.

Abstract: A method for securing a tamper evident closure to a container includes providing a pre-threaded closure that is defined by a top portion and a skirt portion that extends from the top portion. The skirt portion defines an inner closure thread surface and an opposed outer closure thread surface of at least one closure thread. The skirt portion also includes a tamper evident band. The pre-threaded closure is rotated to engage the at least one closure thread with at least one container thread of a container. The inner closure thread surface contacts a surface of the at least one container thread. The tamper evident band of the pre-threaded closure is rolled to secure the tamper evident band to the container.

Abstract: A lid for an open top beverage container such as a paper cup with a is formed as a generally disk shaped body with curved slot opening in the body and an air inlet hole in the body. The peripheral edge of the disk has a plurality of annular abutment sealing rings at axially spaced locations along the axis with all of the things including an uppermost ring and typically two lower rings all lying on an imaginary generally conical surface surrounding the axis so that the rings in use engage the generally conical inside surface of the beverage container at a position thereon spaced downwardly from an upper edge of the beverage container for sealing against the inside surface so that the lid slides down into the container and creates a seal inside the container allowing the beverage container to be taken mobile.

Abstract: Disclosed is a box that includes a base and a lid connected by a hinge including at least one hinge portion connected to the lid by a frangible connection configured to break during the first opening of the lid. The box includes a tongue extending from the lid and beyond the articulation axis, such that when the box is closed, the tongue extends toward the outside of the box from the lid while protruding relative to the hinge beyond the articulation axis, pulling on the tongue making it possible to open the lid by breaking each frangible connection, a lid portion of each hinge part remaining secured to the base and separate from the lid, in the protruding state.

Abstract: A container includes a case that defines a storage space and an opening at a top surface of the case, a case coupler that is configured to couple to an upper edge of at least one of the lateral walls of the case, the case coupler including a shaft, a cover fixing unit configured to couple to the shaft of the case coupler and to rotate about the shaft, a cover configured to detachably couple to an upper side of the case coupler and configured to open and close at least a portion of the opening of the case, and a hinge that is coupled to the cover and that defines a seating portion configured to receive the shaft, the cover being configured to rotate about the shaft. The cover fixing unit comprises cover fixing units that are located, respectively, at lateral walls of the case that face each other.

Abstract: A container for food use is provided, including a container body; a cover configured to be coupled to the container body to close the container; and a locking member including at least two tabs, the locking member being mounted pivoting on the cover about an axis of rotation between an unlocked position and a locked position, the container body including at least two retaining wings extending in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation, side faces of the at least two retaining wings falling within at least one circle of which a center passes through the axis of rotation, and each tab of the locking member including a side face complementary to a side face of a retaining wing, and a curved end configured to engage with a respective retaining wing of the container body to axially hold the cover coupled to the container body in the locked position.

Abstract: The invention described herein relates to a reusable bottle, including a threadless bottle; a cap comprising an outer cap and an inner cap, wherein the inner cap is received in the outer cap and creates a vacuum seal when the cap engages a bottle, wherein the cap engages the bottle using a threadless friction fit. To remove the cap from the bottle, one simply slides the cap off the bottle.

Abstract: A cap for a pouch including a spout engaging body, a handle member and a multimode handle coupling assembly. The spout engaging body includes a depending skirt defining a central bore configured to engage a spout. The handle member extends from the spout engaging body. The multimode handle coupling assembly includes at least one handle tab formed into the handle member and at least one mode three slot. The at least one mode three slot includes a multi direction slot defined in the handle member having a central opening and a plurality of radial slot portion pairs, to, in turn, sized to receive a handle tab of another cap in a plurality of orientations.

Abstract: A portable beverage container having a lid member attached to a container vessel. The lid member can have a lid wall and a skirt depending from the lid wall and defining a projection space. A drinking opening or a drinking spout is provided with the lid member, which can be covered by a spout cap. An ice guard can be included with the lid member. The ice guard can attach in a bore of the drinking spout or located over an opening to the bore of the drinking spout.

Abstract: A fluid delivery system for selectively dispensing a material includes a container with a top wall in which an opening is formed, a bottom wall, and at least one container side wall extending between the top wall and the bottom wall defining a cavity for storing the material, as well as a surface cleaning apparatus including a receiver configured to couple with the container. The receiver includes at least one receiver fluid inlet, at least one receiver fluid outlet and a locking mechanism.

Abstract: The invention relates to a container comprising a container body which forms a receiving space for a substance and has a container opening, a sealing element which seals the container opening being provided, the container comprising a releasing device for the substance which has a releasing opening. The container is characterized in that the releasing device comprises a holding body and a sliding body, connecting means of the holding body being arranged on the container body, the sliding body being displaceable from a basic position into an activated position, the sliding body having an insert element which is arranged outside the container opening in a basic position and which protrudes at least in part into the container opening in the activated position, the releasing opening being arranged in the sliding body. The invention further relates to a method for removing a substance from the container.

Abstract: A flip-top tube (1), for example for cream, includes a tubular body (2) having a mouth (22), a cap (18) having a tab (70), and a label film (4) which at least partially wraps the tubular body and covers the tab (70) of the cap (18) to form a tamper-evident seal suitable for indicating the first opening of the tube.

Abstract: A device for deterring drug abuse includes a housing configured to contain a drug accessible through an access port. The device includes a physical deterrent configured to move from an unsecured position, wherein the access port of the housing is normally accessible, to a secure position, wherein the access port of the housing is normally inaccessible. The device further includes a locking mechanism that is coupled with the physical deterrent. The locking mechanism has a locked mode, wherein the physical deterrent does not normally move from the secure position to the unsecured position. The locking mechanism is further coupled with a deterrent container having a deterrent substance. The device is configured such that attempts to access the drug when the physical deterrent is in the secure position, and when the locking mechanism is in the locked mode, activate the release of the deterrent substance to the drug.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for a multi-layered container that includes an adhesive layer for bonding adjacent layers, with which it is possible to reduce the possibility of a problem such as a reduction in the function (bonding function) of the adhesive layer occurring. A liquid container for supplying a liquid to a liquid consumption apparatus includes a liquid containing portion, a connection portion that allows the liquid contained in the liquid containing portion to flow into the liquid consumption apparatus, and a housing box that houses the liquid containing portion. The liquid containing portion forms a layer structure in which a plurality of layers are disposed from the inside toward the outside. The layer structure includes an adhesive layer, a gas barrier layer that is provided inward of the adhesive layer, and a moisture barrier layer that is provided outward of the gas barrier layer.

Abstract: A woven laminated plastic bag having features that prevent leakage of contents out of the bag, or infestation of organisms into the contents of the bag is provided. The bag can provide a top end and a bottom end that provide a discrete area that may contain discrete graphics or printing. The bag can also include an easy open feature that can be easily opened with less force than a sealed closure of the bag. The easy open feature may be oriented in various directions with respect to the bag.

Abstract: A water resistant tote box is provided. The tote box includes a base, longitudinally extending sidewalls, laterally extending end walls, and a two-piece lid. The base includes a concave lower surface that matches a convex upper surface of the lid, for preserving the structural integrity of the convex upper surface when stacking a like tote box thereon. The two-piece lid includes a pair of lid halves including a rear end hingedly attached to the sidewalls and a free end including interlocking flaps that are securable via a line of connection. Drain troughs disposed on the walls are in fluid communication with drain channels disposed on the lid, enabling moisture to flow off the top of the tote box. Drain gutters disposed on the lid halves are configured to direct moisture, permeating the line of connection, towards the walls. In this way, the tote box has a synergistic effect of resisting water by directing moisture away from the top of the tote box and preventing moisture from leaking into its interior.

Abstract: An article carrier bag, in particular of the fastfood takeaway type, the bag comprising a bottom and sides (F12, F13) defining inside walls bounding an inside storage space, and being characterized in that at least one gusset element (E1) in a folded state is fitted to and fastened on at least one inside wall of the sides (F12, F13) in two adjacent fastener zones that are separated by a frangible zone (F15) provided in association with at least one side (F12, F13), so as to be capable of bringing the gusset element (E1) into an unfolded state after breaking the frangible zone (F15).

Abstract: The present invention discloses a storage and protection assembly for transporting gas cylinders. The storage and protection assembly of the present invention includes a body with an internal hollow portion for storing a container, and a cap which is adapted to fit within the internal hollow portion of the body. The cap has a primary and a secondary locking mechanism. The primary locking mechanism includes threaded channels on the outer walls of the cap and the secondary mechanism includes spring assisted assemblies which correspond with a plurality of cavities located within the body.

Abstract: Apparatus and installation methods for sampling ports are disclosed. Sampling ports include a port housing and a lid assembly. The lid assembly is configured to sealably close against the port housing. Additionally, the lid assembly can be secured, such as with a lock, to the port housing. In one aspect, the port housing includes a sample mount arrangement configured to receive a sampling assembly. The sample mount arrangement defines a sampling channel and the port housing defines a sampling opening and a first securing mount. The lid assembly includes a latch arrangement and defines a second securing mount.

Abstract: A thermally insulated holder for beverage cans includes a cylindrical sleeve and a retaining ring that couples to the upper end of the sleeve. A beverage can fits into the sleeve with the upper portion of the can extending above the sleeve. The retaining ring has a circular opening in its upper wall that engages the shoulder of the can to clamp the can in place. The retaining ring has a side wall that extends outward of the sleeve and down over the upper end of the sleeve. The lower edge of the retaining ring side wall defines a ledge. A user can grasp the sleeve with one or more fingers in contact with the ledge to provide a more comfortable and secure grip.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an invention related to a gas cylinder safety valve. The disclosed gas cylinder safety valve includes a valve part configured to discharge gas with which a main body is filled and a gas blocking part disposed in the valve part and configured to block a gas flow path in accordance with a pressure inside the main body, wherein the gas blocking part includes a blocking operation part disposed in the valve part, a blocking pin member disposed to be slidable in the blocking operation part and configured to selectively block the gas flow path, and a separation preventing cap coupled to the blocking operation part and configured to prevent separation of the blocking pin member.

Abstract: A container (100) includes a first side (101) defining an aperture (107), a second side (102), and a plurality of other sides (103,104,105). The first side, the second side, the plurality of other sides defining an interior volume (106) of the container. A plurality of gloves (1001) is disposed within the interior volume such that one or more gloves may be drawn from the container through the aperture.

Abstract: In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for handling bulk material in a manner that reduces dust, noise, and emissions are provided. The presently disclosed techniques use portable containers to transfer bulk material from a transportation unit to a blender inlet. The containers may be carried to the location on the transportation unit, where a hoisting mechanism is used to remove the container from the transportation unit and place it in a desired location. When bulk material is needed at the blender inlet, the hoisting mechanism may position the container of bulk material onto an elevated support structure. Once on the support structure, the container may be opened to release bulk material to a gravity feed outlet, which routes the bulk material from the container directly into the blender inlet. The disclosed containerized bulk material transfer system and method allows for reduced dust, noise, and emissions on location.

Abstract: A determination is made as to whether or not a first ID is detected by a first antenna provided at a fork of a forklift, a first tag being capable of receiving reflected waves of a radio signal transmitted from the first antenna, the first ID being transmitted from the first tag in response to reception of the reflected waves. A determination is made that a container to which no cargo tag is attached is being transported when the first ID is detected.

Abstract: Provided is a rack management system, including a processor and a storage unit. The storage unit stores information indicating positions of sections included in an area in which storage racks that store articles can be arranged. One of the storage racks can be arranged in each of the sections. At least one of the sections is surrounded by other adjacent sections without an aisle to convey the storage racks therebetween. The processor classifies the sections into sections assigned ranks indicating a degree of efficiency of an operation to convey the storage racks placed therein to a predetermined working area, and one or more empty sections into which, if there is a need to move one or more other storage racks in order to convey a storage rack placed in a given section, the other storage racks that were moved are placed, and outputs results of the classification.

Abstract: An automated carrier system is disclosed for moving objects to be processed. The automated carrier system includes a discontinuous plurality of track sections on which an automated carrier may be directed to move, and the automated carrier includes a base structure on which an object may be supported, and at least two wheels assemblies being pivotally supported on the base structure for pivoting movement from a first position to a second position to effect a change in direction of movement of the carrier.

Abstract: Described in detail herein are systems and methods for automated storage receptacle processing. Sensors, disposed with respect to storage receptacles scan the storage volume of a storage container and detect physical objects disposed in the storage volume of the storage receptacle. The sensors can determine an amount of unoccupied space in the storage volume of the storage receptacle and transmit an indication of the determined unoccupied amount of space to a computing system. The computing system can calculate a percentage of occupied storage volume in the storage receptacle and transmit a command to control the operation of a motor of the door at which the at least one storage receptacle is disposed based on the calculated percentage. The computing system may also be configured to transmit a message to a vehicle tasked with moving the storage container based on the determined amount of unoccupied space.

Abstract: A mesh-like conveyor belt is capable of varying in width and shape as it travels. The conveyor belt comprises a plurality of links, joints, and control elements. The joints connect the links to each other and allow the links to change their orientation within the conveying surface of the conveyor belt. The plurality of links and joints allow the conveyor belt to vary in width, shape, trajectory, and surface speed while in motion. The conveyor belt also includes control elements, built into the structure of the belt that are capable of engaging with external guides. When the conveyor belt is in motion, the control elements engage with and follow the paths determined by external guides thereby controlling the shape of the belt.

Abstract: According to the present technology, an impact test in which an impact application member is made to free fall onto a test sample of a plurality of types of rubbers having different physical properties is performed under prescribed test conditions; data for at least one of three items including a loss energy that is absorbed by the test sample when the impact application member collides with the test sample, a thermal energy that is generated at the test sample, and an indentation amount into the test sample by the impact application member is acquired; and an optimal test sample is selected from the respective test samples on a basis of a ranking of the superiority of the respective test samples with respect to the item(s) for which data was acquired.

Abstract: Conveying belts 1A and 1B have stopping members 6A and 6B. After a sheet bundle is placed on a placement area of the conveying belts, a driving control part controls a guide driving part 4 so that a regulating guide 2 sandwiches the sheet bundle from both sides in the width direction, controls a belt driving part 3 so that the stopping member 6B is made to abut on a first end surface of the sheet bundle and a second end surface is made to abut on the stopping member 1A, and thereafter, controls the driving parts 3 and 4 so that the sheet bundle is conveyed along the regulating guide 2 in a state of being sandwiched from the front and the back by the stopping members 6A and 6B.

Abstract: A conveying/loading apparatus includes a first conveying apparatus having a first delivery part, with a blocking apparatus being disposed close to an output end of the first delivery part, and a second conveying apparatus having a second delivery part, with multiple supports being disposed at intervals on the second delivery part, and regions between the supports forming accommodating spaces for loading objects. An object is delivered to the output end of the first delivery part, and a first detection sensor detects a position of the object. A second detection sensor detects whether a support of the second delivery part has moved to a loading position, and whether the accommodating space between two adjacent supports is in an idle state. The first detection sensor causes the blocked object to pass, when the first detection sensor and the second detection sensor both have signals.

Abstract: The lifting and lowering apparatus includes a plurality of shelf members 6 and 7 and a lifting and lowering mechanism 8. The shelf members 6 and 7 respectively include placing tables A and B positioned on different heights, and each placing table is provided with a conveying unit 10. The shelf members 6 and 7 are lifted and lowered by the lifting and lowering mechanism 8, whereby the placing table A (B) of the shelf member 6 (7) which is one of the shelf members 6 and 7 is adjusted to be on the same height as the placing table B (A) of the other shelf member 7 (6), and with this state, an object is transferred from the placing table of one of the shelf members to the placing table of the other shelf member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a conveying device comprising a base, in particular a rack or a housing, supported on the ground; at least two longitudinal members which are carried by the base, which extend in a longitudinal direction and which are spaced apart from one another in a transverse direction; and a plurality of receivers which are arranged behind one another in the longitudinal direction, which are carried by the longitudinal members and at which conveyor belt sections are supported which are individually attachable and removable and which together form a conveying path extending in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A system for aligning an electronic component including a substrate having an aligning structure and an aligning device for aligning the electronic component with the aligning structure. The aligning structure defines a first and a second edge, which are at an angle relative to one another and are complementary to two sides of the electronic component to be aligned. The aligning device aligns the electronic component on the aligning structure by bringing sides of the electronic component into contact with both the first edge and also the second edge of the aligning structure. A dispensing unit dispensing the electronic component at a dispensing point by the device for aligning the electronic component close to the aligning structure. A receiving unit receives the electronic component aligned on the aligning structure in the device.

Abstract: A transfer system for transferring thermoplastic material containers (3) from a linear operating machine to a rotary operating machine, comprising —a first linear transfer device (2) apt to pick the containers from the linear operating machine in a picking zone (A) and to translate along a first axis (X) from the picking zone (A) to an exchange zone (B) and vice versa, —a wheel (32) cooperating with the rotary operating machine peripherally provided with seats (34) for the containers, and apt to rotate about a second axis (Z) perpendicular to the first axis, at least one second linear transfer device (112) apt to pick the containers from the first linear transfer device in the exchange zone (B), and to transfer them to the seats, said at least one second linear transfer device being apt to translate parallel to the first axis (X) from the exchange zone (B) to an unloading zone (C) proximal to the wheel, and vice versa.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming an article array including a head having at least one pair of opposed substantially planar gripping members, adapted for selectively securing a row of articles therebetween. Each pair of gripping members includes a first gripping member movable in a lateral direction parallel to a support surface and a second gripping member movable between extended and raised positions relative to the first gripping member. In response to the pair of gripping members at least partially laterally surrounding the row of articles, a movement of the second gripping member from the extended position to the raised position results in the second gripping member being sufficiently moved in a direction perpendicular to and away from the support surface, permitting the first gripping member to slidably move the row of articles in the lateral direction along the support surface without the second gripping member contacting the row of article.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a floating split butterfly valve that allows connection of two processing devices or containers in a way that one of the devices (e. g. a transport device or a container) is closed by one half of the valve (passive part) while the other device (e. g. a stable device or a container) is closed by another half of the valve (active part), wherein the material (powder and/or liquid substance) transferred from one device/container into another device/container cannot get trapped in dead corners of the valve and does not get accumulated in the equipment.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has a first conveyor segment, a second conveyor segment spaced below the first conveyor segment, a first vertical lift disposed at a first end of the module, and a second vertical lift disposed at a second end of the module. The first and second lifts each transfer inventory carriers between the first and second conveyor segments. The first conveyor segment, the second conveyor segment, the first vertical lift, and the second vertical lift together define a conveying loop in a vertical plane, and the storage module translates inventory carriers around the conveying loop until a desired one of the inventory carriers is presented at one of the first and second module ends. An inventory item can be retrieved from, or stowed in, the desired one of the inventory carriers at the one of the first and second module ends.

Abstract: A sheet accommodating device includes a first plate member on which sheets are mounted, a first biasing member that presses up the first plate member, a second plate member disposed on a side of the first plate member opposite to a side of the first plate member on which the sheets are mounted; and a second biasing member that presses up the second plate member, and has a configuration in which, according to a size of the sheets, the first biasing member presses up the first plate member or both the first and second biasing members press up both the first and second plate members. An area of the first plate member is smaller than an area of the second plate member.

Abstract: A sheet accommodating device includes a first plate member on which sheets are mounted, a first biasing member, a second plate member; and a second biasing member, and has a configuration in which, according to a size of the sheets, the first biasing member presses up the first plate member or both the first and second biasing members press up both the first and second plate members. The first plate member is provided so as to be turnable with respect to the second plate member around a first fulcrum axis line extending along a width direction orthogonal to a sheet feed direction in which the sheets are fed. The second plate member is provided so as to be turnable with respect to a body of the sheet accommodating device around a second fulcrum axis line extending along the width direction.

Abstract: A sheet accommodating device includes a regulating member that regulates end portions of sheets and a moving member movably provided in a body of the sheet accommodating device. The regulating member is detachably provided on the moving member. A moving region of the moving member includes a size regulation region where the end portions of the sheets are regulated and a predetermined non-size regulation region excluding the size regulation region. The sheet accommodating device is configured to permit the regulating member to be attached to and detached from the moving member in a predetermined attaching and detaching position of the non-size regulation region and prohibit the regulating member from being detached from the moving member in a detachment prohibition region of the moving region excluding the attaching and detaching position.

Abstract: A sheet supplying device includes: an air blow opening configured to blow air to a side portion of an uppermost part of stacked sheets; and a flow adjuster extending from above the air blow opening over an edge of a top sheet of the stacked sheets and configured to cause an air flow blown from the air blow opening to travel along an upper surface of the top sheet of the stacked sheets.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus is configured to interlock a first transmission mechanism and a second transmission mechanism such that the second transmission mechanism switches a rotational driving direction of a reverse rotary member between a normal rotation direction and a reverse rotation direction with a delay with respect to the first transmission mechanism starting transmission of a rotational driving force such that a guide member pivots between a first pivot position and a second pivot position.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a document platen on which a document is to be stacked, a pressing sheet having flexibility, a conveyance unit provided in a base member, an open portion provided in the base member and rotatable in a first direction with respect to the base member to open at least a part of the conveyance path, and a rotation member rotatable in the first direction with respect to the base member. The pressing sheet presses the document against the document platen. The conveyance unit forms a conveyance path within which the document is to be conveyed. The reading unit reads the document conveyed by the conveyance unit. The open portion retains one end of the pressing sheet in a longitudinal direction. The rotation member retains the other end of the pressing sheet in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes a feeding member to feed a recording material stacked on a stacking portion, a first conveyance member, a separation member to form a nip portion with the first conveyance member and separate a plurality of recording materials at the nip portion, a second conveyance member, a detection unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls to feed a stacked first recording material and, after a first recording material rear end passes through the feeding member, the control unit controls to feed a stacked second recording material while partially overlapped with the first recording material and thereby the first recording material rear end passes through the nip portion after a second recording material leading end passes through the nip portion. The control unit controls so that the second recording material is stopped before the second recording material leading end reaches the second conveyance member.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes: a first conveyor; a second conveyor provided on downstream of the first conveyor; a first motor configured to drive the first conveyor; a second motor configured to drive the second conveyor; a speed determining unit configured to determine a rotation speed of a rotor of the second motor; a command determining unit configured to determine a command speed representing a target speed of the rotor of the second motor; and a controller configured to control a drive current flowing through a winding of the second motor so that a deviation between the command speed determined by the command determining unit and the rotation speed determined by the speed determining unit is decreased. The command determining unit determines the command speed based on a value corresponding to a rotation speed of a rotor of the first motor.