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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1999
Koichi Tanno, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a sheet conveying apparatus comprising a conveyance belt for supporting and conveying a sheet, an attraction force generating device for electrostatically attracting the sheet, a voltage supplying device for supplying voltage to a voltage receiving portion of an electrode of the attraction force generating means formed at a side edge with respect to a moving direction of the conveyance belt and a protection member formed at a side edge with respect to a moving direction of the conveyance belt for isolating the voltage receiving portion of the electrode of the attraction force generating device from an exterior by covering the entire side edge of the conveyance belt.