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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2012
Takao Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Takao Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conveying apparatus has a sheet conveying path, a first pair of rollers, which is positioned in the conveying path and which has a drive roller and a pinch roller and conveys the sheet, a second pair of rollers, which is positioned downstream relative to the first pair of rollers in the conveying direction and conveys the sheet conveyed by the first pair of rollers, and a mechanism which reduces the force for sandwiching the sheet by the drive roller and the pinch roller of the first pair of rollers or which moves both away from each other. After the sheet is conveyed by the first pair of rollers while the leading edge of the sheet is being stopped by the second pair of rollers, the second pair of rollers starts conveying the sheet, and the mechanism is actuated thereafter.