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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/36 (2006.01); B65H 85/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/36 (2013.01); B65H 5/38 (2013.01); B65H 85/00 (2013.01); B65H 2402/441 (2013.01); B65H 2404/611 (2013.01); B65H 2601/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet conveying apparatus includes a guide unit to guide a sheet conveyed by a sheet conveyance portion. The guide unit includes a first movable guide, a second movable guide, and a linking mechanism having an intermediate member through which the first and second movable guides are linked movably with respect to each other. A conveyance regulating portion is supported by the intermediate member and guides the sheet passing through a first conveyance path toward the sheet conveyance portion and guides the sheet that is switched back by the sheet conveyance portion toward a second conveyance path.