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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Fujihara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshihiko Naruoka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yukio Asari, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Naruaki Hiramitsu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yusuke Mitsuya, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet transport apparatus including an upstream-side transport unit configured to hold a sheet and transport the sheet by rotating; a downstream-side transport unit configured to hold the sheet and further transport the sheet by rotating, the downstream-side transport unit being arranged at such a position that an unrestrained transport section is formed where the sheet is not held downstream in transport direction from the upstream-side transport unit; an upstream-side air-feed unit configured to form an air flow that flows downstream in transport direction on both sides of a transport plane of the sheet in the unrestrained transport section; and a controller configured to control the upstream-side air-feed unit to start forming an air flow before a leading edge of the sheet reaches the unrestrained transport section from the upstream-side transport unit, and to stop the air flow before a trailing edge of the sheet reaches the unrestrained transport section.