Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17949509Application Date: 2022-09-21
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Publication No.: US11966183B2Publication Date: 2024-04-23
- Inventor: Takanori Sakurai
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: ROSSI, KIMMS & McDOWELL LLP
- Priority: JP 18231965 2018.12.11
- Main IPC: G03G15/23
- IPC: G03G15/23 ; B65H5/06 ; B65H9/00 ; B65H9/16 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a first conveyance portion configured to convey a sheet, a second conveyance portion configured to convey the sheet, the second conveyance portion including an abutment portion configured to form a loop on the sheet by being abutted against a leading edge of a sheet conveyed by the first conveyance portion, a curved guide portion, which is curved, configured to guide the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance portion to the second conveyance portion, and a rotary member arranged downstream of the first conveyance portion and upstream of the second conveyance portion in a sheet conveyance direction, and configured to be driven to rotate by a surface of the sheet that is guided by the curved guide portion, the surface sliding against the curved guide portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230016356A1 SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-01-19
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