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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kengo Nieda, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet stacking apparatus is provided. A conveyor unit performs stacking of sheets discharged from a printing apparatus and conveying of stacked sheets. A detection unit detects whether or not the printing apparatus is currently discharging a sheet. A control unit, so as to secure a stacking space for a sheet discharged from the printing apparatus on the conveyor unit, controls a feeding operation of the conveyor unit correspondingly to a period of time over which the detection unit detected that the printing apparatus is discharging a sheet.
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