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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2024
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Keisuke Kitajima, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/24 (2006.01); B65H 29/62 (2006.01); B65H 43/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/62 (2013.01); B65H 43/02 (2013.01); G03G 15/5016 (2013.01); G03G 15/6552 (2013.01); G03G 15/6588 (2013.01); B65H 2511/11 (2013.01); B65H 2551/21 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00734 (2013.01);
Abstract
A length, in a lengthwise direction, of a sheet to be inspected by an inspection unit may be longer than a length of a conveyance path between a branch position corresponding to an initial branch path in a plurality of branch paths and a reading position of a reading apparatus. The sheet inspected by the inspection unit is not discharged to a stacking unit corresponding to the initial branch path, and is discharged to a stacking unit corresponding to a branch path branching from a main path at a branch position located further downstream than a branch position corresponding to the initial branch path.