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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Nobutoshi Sugai, Shizuoka, JP;
Takuro Mita, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet discharging apparatus includes a stacking portion, a first conveyance portion, a detection portion, a second conveyance portion, a third conveyance portion, and a control portion. The control portion is configured to execute a discharge operation by causing the sheet discharging apparatus to reverse a conveyance direction of a first sheet conveyed from the first conveyance portion to the second conveyance portion and deliver the first sheet to the third conveyance portion by using the second conveyance portion, convey the first sheet toward the second conveyance portion by the third conveyance portion, and discharge the first sheet and the second sheet to the stacking portion by using the second conveyance portion in a state where the first sheet and the second sheet are superimposed on each other.