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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Sasaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinori Yokota, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Fukase, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet in a conveyance direction, an image bearing member, a transfer unit, a fixing unit, a sheet discharge unit, a detection unit, and a control unit configured to control conveyance of the sheet by controlling the conveyance unit and the image bearing member. In a case where the control unit has judged that a jam occurred by a jammed sheet based on a detection result of the detection unit, the control unit is configured to perform a conveyance processing of conveying the jammed sheet such that a trailing edge of the jammed sheet reaches a downstream side of the transfer nip in the conveyance direction.