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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Motohiro Furusawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Ogata, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 7/14 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/23 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 85/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/04 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 7/14 (2013.01); B65H 15/00 (2013.01); B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B65H 85/00 (2013.01); G03G 15/231 (2013.01); G03G 15/234 (2013.01); G03G 15/6552 (2013.01); G03G 15/6579 (2013.01); B41J 11/04 (2013.01); B65H 3/0638 (2013.01); B65H 2301/333 (2013.01); B65H 2404/142 (2013.01); B65H 2404/144 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1421 (2013.01); B65H 2404/152 (2013.01); B65H 2404/2693 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); B65H 2801/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reversing unit has a drive roller, a discharge roller for forming a first nip portion Ntogether with the drive roller, and a conveyance roller for forming a second nip portion together with the drive roller. The reversing unit moves any one of the rollers and nips a sheet at a plurality of nip portions when moving the roller to switch the nip portion for nipping a sheet from a first nip portion to a second nip portion and change the sheet conveyance direction from a first direction to a second direction.