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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Fujikake, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Waichiro Saiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryo Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Koda, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiro Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Nagase, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus comprises a sheet eject tray; a movable guide arranged on an upstream side of the sheet eject tray with respect to a direction of conveyance of a sheet and being configured to be able to move to a protruding position and a retracted position; and a driving mechanism configured to cause the movable guide to move to the protruding position when a leading edge of a sheet is conveyed along the movable guide and cause the movable guide to move to the retracted position when a trailing edge of a sheet is conveyed along the movable guide, wherein the protruding position includes a first position at which the movable guide presses a sheet to the sheet eject tray and a second position between the first position and the retracted position.