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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuo Ohyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Kashimura, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/06 ;
Abstract
To provide a sheet conveying apparatus of low cost and high durability and also to provide an image forming apparatus having the same. A sheet S is pinched and conveyed by a metal driving roller having roughness provide on its surface and a pinch roller coming in pressure contact with the driving roller and thereby driven to rotate. And the pinch roller is formed of synthetic resin, so that the pinch roller can be manufactured less costly and the durability of the same can be increased.