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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Taniguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoyuki Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conveyance apparatus whose detection unit of a printing medium is unlikely to be damaged includes a first guide that is fixed to a main body; a second guide capable of moving to a position at which the second guide forms, together with the first guide, a conveyance path through which a printing medium is conveyed and a position at which the second guide opens the conveyance path; a first lever that is provided to the main body and which detects whether or not the printing medium exists in the conveyance path; and a second lever that shields light, wherein the first lever and the second lever can swing integrally or independently in accordance with the position of the second guide.