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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Ishida, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuki Emoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Tokuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Junichi Hirate, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoshi Masuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoyuki Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The conveyance apparatus includes a first conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet in a conveyance direction, and a second conveyance unit disposed on a downstream side of the first conveyance unit in the conveyance direction and configured to convey the sheet in the conveyance direction. The conveyance apparatus corrects a rotational amount of each conveyance unit using a correction value dedicated to each rotational phase of each conveyance unit for each conveyance state, in a first conveyance state in which the first conveyance unit is operative to convey the sheet, a second conveyance state in which the first and second conveyance units are cooperative to convey the sheet, and a third conveyance state in which the second conveyance unit is operative to convey the sheet.