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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2012
Toshiki Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Kawaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Toriihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Kengo Nieda, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiki Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Kawaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Toriihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Kengo Nieda, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveying apparatus coveys a sheet while nipping the sheet between a conveyance roller and a pinch roller. The pinch roller includes a first roller portion and a second roller portion adjacent to each other in a rotational axial direction thereof. The pinch roller further includes a mechanism configured to change a difference between a pressing force that the first roller portion applies to the conveyance roller and a pressing force that the second roller portion applies to the conveyance roller.