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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Toshiyuki Iwata, Tokyo, JP;
Tsukasa Kondo, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
Tetsuya Kawasaki, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
Yuuki Kubota, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
Toshiyuki Iwata, Tokyo, JP;
Tsukasa Kondo, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
Tetsuya Kawasaki, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
Yuuki Kubota, Minamikoma-gun, JP;
CANON FINETECH NISCA INC., Misato, JP;
Abstract
In order to provide a configuration capable of stably performing conveyance of sheets, a pair of regulation guides are capable of guiding opposite end edges in the sheet width direction Y of a sheet S conveyed by a conveyance belt and spheres, while being nipped. Further, the pair of regulation guides are capable of shifting to guide positions for guiding the opposite end edges of the sheet and retract positions retracted from the opposite end edges of the sheet more than the guide positions. In shifting the pair of regulation guides from the retract positions to the guide positions, a guide shift section causes the one of regulation guides to arrive at the guide position after the other of regulation guides arrives at the guide position.