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Patent No.:

US 11192740 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021

Filed:

May. 18, 2018

Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kohei Mizuguchi, Joso, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Luis A Gonzalez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/70 (2006.01); B65H 29/52 (2006.01); B65H 5/36 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 9/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/26 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01); B65H 29/14 (2006.01); B65H 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/36 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 5/26 (2013.01); B65H 9/00 (2013.01); B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B65H 29/14 (2013.01); B65H 29/70 (2013.01); B65H 43/08 (2013.01); H04N 1/0066 (2013.01); H04N 1/00618 (2013.01); B65H 2301/33312 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51214 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1521 (2013.01); B65H 2404/611 (2013.01); B65H 2511/51 (2013.01); B65H 2553/612 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); H04N 1/00702 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet conveying apparatus includes a sheet conveying member; a guide portion configured to define a sheet conveying path; a pressing portion configured to press the sheet to curve the sheet as viewed in a sheet conveying direction in the sheet conveying path; and a moving portion movable by an edge of the sheet passing through the sheet conveying path and arranged so that at least a part of a movable range of the moving portion is overlapped with the pressing portion. The moving portion includes a first abutment portion configured to abut against the sheet passing through the sheet conveying path on one side in the width direction with respect to a conveyance center of the sheet conveying member and a second abutment portion configured to abut against the sheet passing through the sheet conveying path on the other side with respect to the conveyance center.

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