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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Sasaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sensor unit includes a first movable member including a member-to-be-detected, a sensor, and a second movable member. When a sheet is normally fed, the first movable member is in a first position, the member-to-be-detected is in a first phase, the second movable member is in a second position, and a functional/non-functional state of the member-to-be-detected is one state. When the sheet is not fed and the first movable member is in a second position, the member-to-be-detected is in the first phase, the second movable member is in a third position, and the functional/non-functional state is the other state. When the first movable member is in the first position and the second movable member is in a fourth position, by movement of the member-to-be-detected to a second phase, the functional/non-functional state is changed from the one state to the other state and an output of the sensor changes.