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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Miho Kaiga, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conveyance apparatus for conveying a sheet includes (i) a first conveyance roller pair, (ii) a second conveyance roller pair configured to convey the sheet to reach a position where the sheet contacts the first conveyance roller pair, (iii) a moving member movable between a restricting position where the sheet is regulated not to reach the first conveyance roller pair and a retracting position, to be moved to the retracting position from the restricting position by being pushed by the sheet, (iv) a first guide disposed between the moving member and the second conveyance roller pair, and (v) a first opposing guide opposing the first guide. One of the first guide and the first opposing guide includes a first curved portion which the sheet contacts, and the other one thereof includes a second curved portion which the sheet contacts.