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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kohei Deno, Moriya, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/00 (2006.01); B65H 9/06 (2006.01); B65H 1/26 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/00 (2013.01); B65H 1/266 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 9/006 (2013.01); B65H 9/06 (2013.01); B65H 2404/144 (2013.01); B65H 2404/6111 (2013.01); B65H 2511/10 (2013.01); B65H 2511/20 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A skew correction apparatus includes a first roller pair configured to nip a sheet to convey the sheet, a second roller pair provided upstream of the first roller pair and configured to nip the sheet and convey the sheet, a contact portion provided downstream of the first roller pair and configured to come in contact with a leading edge of the sheet conveyed with the first roller pair to correct a skew of the sheet, and a separation mechanism configured to set the second roller pair to a separated state before the skew of the sheet conveyed downstream with the first roller pair is corrected.