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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2025
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshige Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Kawasumi, Ibaraki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a driving roller, a steering portion configured to change an inclination angle of a rotational axis of the driving roller, a follower roller configured to nip and convey a sheet together with the driving roller and pivot about a pivot axis, a contact/separation mechanism, a first detection portion configured to detect vibration of the follower roller, a second detection portion configured to detect positional deviation of the sheet, and a control portion configured to execute a correction operation of correcting the positional deviation of the sheet and to execute a predetermined process for causing the correction operation to be started after the driving roller and the follower roller have been switched from the separation state to the contact state and after the vibration of the follower roller has settled down within a predetermined range.