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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsumi Munenaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271242 ; 271270 ;
Abstract
The impact sound when a sheet member forms a loop is reduced so as to make the apparatus less noisy. A speed control device is provided for making the transport speed when the sheet member is made to hit a first transport device by a second transport device relatively slower than that of the first transport device. By changing the amount of transport of the first transport device along the width of the sheet member at right angles to the transport direction of the sheet member, the loop is formed successively along the width of the sheet member.