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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shigeru Toriihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahito Yoshida, Shiki, JP;
Masahiro Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/70 (2006.01); B26D 7/00 (2006.01); B26D 7/32 (2006.01); B26D 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/70 (2013.01); B26D 7/32 (2013.01); B26D 7/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet conveyance apparatus including a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet, wherein the conveyance unit includes a slanting surface having an inclination with respect to a horizontal surface and a conveyance surface that forms, together with the slanting surface, a space that becomes narrower downward in the vertical direction and which moves in a predetermined direction, and conveys the sheet in a predetermined direction by the movement of the conveyance surface.