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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2006
Applicant:
Yoshimitsu Nakane, Ryugasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshimitsu Nakane, Ryugasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An air duct is disposed in the vicinity of a heating member generating the heat for heating sheets stacked in a sheet tray, and the air in the air duct is heated by the heat generated by the heating member. The air duct is connected to an air blowing portion blowing the air toward the sheets stacked in the sheet tray, and the air in the air duct that is heated by the heat generated by the heating member is blown toward the sheets stacked in the sheet tray by the air blowing portion.