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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:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroaki Miyake, Moriya-machi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
In a sheet conveying apparatus, starting sound is reduced and downsizing is contrived without causing any increase in cost. The sheet conveying apparatus is provided with a plurality of pairs of rotary members disposed along a sheet conveying path for guiding a sheet, and conveying the sheet, a plurality of rotary driving devices for rotating the pairs of rotary members, and a control device for staggering the starting time of each rotary driving device and starting the rotary driving devices.