Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet conveyance apparatus controlling direction for conveying sheet, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16269250Application Date: 2019-02-06
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Publication No.: US10669114B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Hideaki Yamaguchi , Hiroharu Tsuji , Genki Takahashi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7baaed70
- Main IPC: B65H29/60
- IPC: B65H29/60 ; B65H7/14 ; B65H3/06 ; B65H5/06 ; G03G15/00 ; B65H5/36 ; B65H5/26 ; B65H29/58 ; B65H31/24 ; B65H1/04 ; B65H1/26

Abstract:
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes: a guide member configured to guide a sheet in a first direction in a first state, and in a second direction in a second state; a driving source configured to generate a driving force; a transfer member configured to change the state of the guide member from the first state to the second state by being moved by the driving force; and a control unit configured to control the driving force. The control unit is further configured to set the driving force to a value smaller than a force necessary to move the transfer member to change the guide member from the first state to the second state, and subsequently cause the driving force to increase to a value larger than the force necessary to move the transfer member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190168983A1 SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS CONTROLLING DIRECTION FOR CONVEYING SHEET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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