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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kengo Nieda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 33/06 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B65H 33/16 (2006.01); B65H 43/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/0045 (2013.01); B65H 33/16 (2013.01); B65H 43/06 (2013.01); B65H 2513/51 (2013.01);
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.