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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2010
Ryosuke Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Shigeno, Yokohama, JP;
Koichiro Kawaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiki Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Kengo Nieda, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryosuke Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Shigeno, Yokohama, JP;
Koichiro Kawaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiki Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Kengo Nieda, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a first conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet, a first guide located downstream of the first conveyance unit in a conveyance direction and configured to guide a first side end of the conveyed sheet, a skew unit configured to convey the sheet in an oblique direction to come closer to the first guide, a second guide configured to contact a second side end opposite the first side end to guide the second side end, a second conveyance unit located downstream of the first guide in the conveyance direction, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, after conveying the sheet by the skew unit with the first guide contacting the first side end while the second guide is separated from the second side end, the second guide moves to a position close to the second side end.