Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printing apparatus
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Application No.: US17488477Application Date: 2021-09-29
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Publication No.: US11760598B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Tsutomu Obata , Yoshiaki Suzuki , Kenji Shimamura , Ryoya Shinjo , Ryosuke Araki
- 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: JP 20166106 2020.09.30
- Main IPC: B65H31/30
- IPC: B65H31/30 ; B41J11/70 ; B65H29/12 ; B65H35/04 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
A printing apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a print medium printed by a printing unit configured to perform printing is stacked, a discharge unit configured to discharge the print medium printed by the printing unit to the stacking portion, a passage forming portion arranged facing the stacking portion and configured to form a discharge passage of the print medium together with the stacking portion, and an outlet port located at a downstream end of the stacking portion and a downstream end of the passage forming portion in a conveying direction of the print medium. The passage forming portion includes an opening/closing portion which is displaceable between a closed position for forming the discharge passage and an open position for opening access to the stacking portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US11718494B2 Printing apparatus Public/Granted day:2023-08-08
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