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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
May. 14, 1996
Tokuharu Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims to provide a sheet conveying apparatus and an image forming apparatus having such a sheet conveying apparatus. If a sheet is jammed, the sheet is stopped in a sheet convey path at a position where the sheet can easily be removed by optimum treatment procedure. Sensors are disposed in a sheet convey path constituted by a plurality of units of an image forming apparatus portion and a sheet is stopped at an optimum position by a sheet position counter for recognizing the present position of the sheet in the sheet convey path.
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