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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2022
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hisashi Taniguchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Motoyuki Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 5/36 (2006.01); B65H 7/14 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/657 (2013.01); B65H 5/36 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 7/14 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); G03G 15/70 (2013.01); B65H 2402/441 (2013.01); B65H 2404/725 (2013.01); B65H 2511/51 (2013.01); B65H 2511/528 (2013.01); B65H 2553/61 (2013.01); B65H 2553/83 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00717 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00721 (2013.01);
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.


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