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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuya Konno, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/095 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/095 (2013.01); G03G 15/5012 (2013.01); G03G 21/0064 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a case where a sheet jam detection unit detects that a sheet jam has occurred in an image bearing member, and determines that there is no sheet P at a nip portion, a printer control unit starts cleaning by a cleaning unit without waiting for removal of the sheet P causing the sheet jam.