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Patent No.:

US 11897721 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2021

Printing apparatus

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kohei Fukui, Tokyo, JP;

Tomoyuki Nagase, Kanagawa, JP;

Waichiro Saiki, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomohiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;

Ryo Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Takeshi Koda, Kanagawa, JP;

Toshiro Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jeremy R Severson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/26 (2006.01); B65H 20/02 (2006.01); B65H 29/60 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01); B65H 35/04 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 11/70 (2006.01); B41J 13/02 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/26 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 11/70 (2013.01); B41J 13/0009 (2013.01); B41J 13/02 (2013.01); B41J 15/042 (2013.01); B41J 15/046 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 20/02 (2013.01); B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B65H 29/60 (2013.01); B65H 35/008 (2013.01); B65H 35/04 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1441 (2013.01); B65H 2404/632 (2013.01); B65H 2511/11 (2013.01); B65H 2511/22 (2013.01); B65H 2513/40 (2013.01); B65H 2513/50 (2013.01); B65H 2801/21 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a printing unit; a first conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet to the printing unit while nipping the sheet; a second conveyance unit provided on a downstream side of the first conveyance unit in a conveyance direction of the sheet, and configured to convey the sheet while nipping the sheet; a third conveyance unit provided on a downstream side of the second conveyance unit in the conveyance direction, and configured to convey the sheet while nipping the sheet; and a switching unit configured to switch between a nip state of the second conveyance unit and a released state in which the nip state is released. When the sheet is conveyed by the third conveyance unit, the switching unit switches between the nip state and the released state in accordance with a length of the sheet.

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