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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Eda, Ibaraki, JP;
Ryou Sakaguchi, Chiba, JP;
Riki Fukuhara, Chiba, JP;
Shin Iwasaki, Chiba, JP;
Yuko Shimpo, Ibaraki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charge eliminating apparatus includes a charge eliminating member, a moving unit, and a controller. The controller configured to execute a first processing in which charge of a sheet is eliminated by applying voltage to the charge eliminating member in a state where the charge eliminating member is positioned at a contact position, and a second processing in which charge of a sheet is not eliminated while voltage is not applied to the charge eliminating member in a state where the charge eliminating member is positioned at the contact position. In a mixed job in which a first type of sheet and a second type of sheet that differs from the first type of sheet are conveyed, the controller is configured to execute the first processing to the first type of sheet and execute the second processing to the second type of sheet.