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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2012
Noriyuki Sugiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Hirai, Yokohama, JP;
Noriko Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Masashi Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Fumie Kameyama, Inagi, JP;
Noriyuki Sugiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Hirai, Yokohama, JP;
Noriko Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Masashi Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Fumie Kameyama, Inagi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Even in printing apparatus that make use of a plurality of kinds of sheets, the degradation of image quality is reduced. A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a sheet stacking unit; a sheet conveying unit being in contact with the sheet stacked on an uppermost portion, of the stacked sheets, and conveying the sheet; a separation unit separating the sheets into only one sheet of the uppermost portion by a separation slope that abuts a tip portion of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; and a guide unit connected to the separation unit and guiding the sheet, in which an angle between the sheet stacking unit and the separation slope is switched to a first angle and a second angle smaller than the first angle by a rotation center of the separation unit provided in a vicinity of a connection portion of the separation unit and the guide unit.