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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
May. 23, 1996
Naohiro Iwata, Yokosuka, JP;
Minoru Yokoyama, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Nakano, Kawasaki, JP;
Shunji Kawashima, Wako, JP;
Hideyuki Terashima, Sagamihara, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a sheet conveying apparatus comprising a first rotary member for conveying a sheet, and a second rotary member disposed at a downstream side of the first rotary member in a sheet conveying direction and adapted to convey the sheet. It further comprises a first mode in which the first rotary member is rotated and the second rotary member is stopped, and a second mode in which the first and second rotary members are rotated. In a condition that the first rotary member is continuously rotated in one direction, the first mode is changed to the second mode.