Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15796024Application Date: 2017-10-27
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Publication No.: US10435258B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Kazuhiko Aono , Yasuaki Matsumoto
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2016-213532 20161031
- Main IPC: B65H3/06
- IPC: B65H3/06 ; B65H27/00 ; B65H3/52

Abstract:
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a storage unit storing a sheet, a conveyance member to convey a sheet, a support shaft portion, and a separation unit. The support shaft portion has one end fixed to a main body of the sheet conveyance apparatus and the other end as a free end that is not fixed to the main body. The separation unit pinches and conveys a sheet with the conveyance member and separates a plurality of sheets stored in and fed from the storage unit one by one. The separation unit includes a separation member that is supported by the support shaft portion and rotatable with the support shaft portion, and a holding member to hold the separation member. By moving the holding member in an axial direction of the support shaft portion, the separation unit is removed from the apparatus with the holding member holding the separation member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180120726A1 SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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