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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Ryuhei Shoji, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/06 (2006.01); B65H 9/00 (2006.01); B65H 43/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 43/06 (2013.01); B65H 9/004 (2013.01); B65H 9/06 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4222 (2013.01); B65H 2515/40 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01);
Abstract
A buffer unit receives a sheet and temporarily holds a predetermined number of sheets so as to be overlaid on one another. A stacking unit stacks the predetermined number of sheets conveyed toward a first direction. A moving unit comes into contact with an uppermost sheet among the predetermined number of sheets stacked on the stacking unit and moves the uppermost sheet further toward the first direction. A regulating unit comes into contact with an end portion of the stack of sheets on the stacking unit to regulate the position of the stack of sheets. A control unit controls the predetermined number of sheets.