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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromasa Yoneyama, Chigasaki, JP;
Yasuyuki Asai, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Kikuchi, Ayase, JP;
Itaru Wada, Yokohama, JP;
Daiki Anayama, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus is capable of preventing a sheet discharged from a discharge unit from entering a feeding unit while guiding the sheet properly to a storage unit located below the feeding unit. The printing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a sheet discharged from a discharge unit and a guide unit configured to guide the sheet discharged from the discharge unit to the storage unit. The guide unit has a turning unit which prevents the sheet discharged from the discharge unit from entering a feeding unit and which turns when the sheet comes into contact with the turning unit.