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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Haruhiko Tanami, Fuchu, JP;
Yuki Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoya Shinjo, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryohei Maruyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Shin Genta, Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Wakayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conveyance apparatus includes a feeding unit, on which a roll sheet is settable, configured to feed the roll sheet, a conveyance roller configured to convey a sheet fed from the feeding unit, a first detection unit configured to detect a conveyance distance of the sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller, a second detection unit configured to detect a conveyance distance of the sheet drawn out from the roll sheet set on the feeding unit, a driving unit configured to synchronously drive the feeding unit when the sheet is conveyed by the conveyance roller, and a determination unit configured to determine a state of an end portion of the roll sheet based on detection results by the first detection unit and the second detection unit.