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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Shinsuke Kobayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Michihito Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuzumi Taba, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet transport apparatus which includes a sheet transport path for transporting a sheet, and a regulation member. The regulation member is provided in the sheet transport path, and is brought into contact with a swelling portion occurring on a surface of an envelope in the event that the envelope is transported as the sheet, such that the swelling portion can be pressed.