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Patent No.:

US 11198574 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2019

Sheet detection mechanism and image forming apparatus equipped therewith

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takafumi Suzuki, Suntou-gun, JP;

Yasuhiko Okuma, Suntou-gun, JP;

Yusuke Jota, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Canon U.S.A., Inc., IP Division

Primary Examiner:

Howard J Sanders

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 43/08 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); B65H 3/66 (2006.01); B65H 7/14 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 3/66 (2013.01); B65H 7/14 (2013.01); G03G 15/2017 (2013.01); G03G 15/2028 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01); B65H 43/08 (2013.01); B65H 2406/12 (2013.01); B65H 2406/3662 (2013.01); B65H 2553/41 (2013.01); B65H 2601/26 (2013.01); G03G 15/6511 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00616 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00721 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to the present disclosure, a first guide unit is provided with a first opening portion through which light in an optical path connecting a first optical element unit and a second optical element unit passes, a second guide unit is provided with a second opening portion through which light in the optical path connecting the first optical element unit and the second optical element unit passes, the first guide unit is provided with a duct for sending air to the first optical element unit, and the air coming out from the first opening portion hits the second optical element unit via the second opening portion.

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Suzuki, Takafumi. (2021). Sheet detection mechanism and image forming apparatus equipped therewith (U.S. Patent No. 11198574). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11198574

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