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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Ryosuke Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Shigeno, Yokohama, JP;
Kengo Nieda, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 23/032 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 23/0322 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51214 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance roller pair that has a roller with a uniform diameter in a sheet width direction and that is configured to pinch and convey a sheet, and a guide unit that is provided on an upstream side of the conveyance roller pair and that is configured to regulate a position of an edge of the sheet, wherein the conveyance roller pair conveys the sheet in a state in which the sheet is bended by the guide unit so that on a roller side with a uniform diameter in a sheet width direction, the sheet convexly bends.