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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2012
Applicant:
Masaaki Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masaaki Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 3/0684 (2013.01); B65H 2404/152 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1521 (2013.01); B65H 2404/6111 (2013.01); B65H 2701/171 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveying apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path including a curved portion, and a roller pair that is located along the conveyance path and conveys a sheet. At least one of rollers of the roller pair moves such that the orientation of conveying force exerted onto the sheet by the roller pair at its nip point is changed after the roller pair pinches the sheet.