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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Kenji Watanabe, Suntou-gun, JP;
Yohei Suzuki, Suntou-gun, JP;
Motohiro Furusawa, Suntou-gun, JP;
Minoru Kawanishi, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Watanabe, Suntou-gun, JP;
Yohei Suzuki, Suntou-gun, JP;
Motohiro Furusawa, Suntou-gun, JP;
Minoru Kawanishi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveying apparatus, including: a first conveying portion; a second conveying portion arranged downstream of the first conveying portion; a shutter member rotated by the pressure of the sheet and including a plurality of abutment surfaces against which a leading edge of the sheet conveyed by the first conveying portion abuts to correct a skew feed of the sheet; and an urging portion which provides the shutter member with an urging force for positioning one abutment surface at an abutment position at which the leading edge of the sheet abuts against the one abutment surface, the urging portion providing the shutter member with an urging force for rotating the shutter member to position another abutment surface at the abutment position after the leading edge of the sheet is nipped by the second conveying portion.