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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Murooka, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A curl correction apparatus that corrects a curl of a sheet includes: a hard roller that is disposed in the downstream in a sheet conveying direction of a heating apparatus; a soft roller that is disposed in the downstream in the sheet conveying direction of the heating apparatus; and a guide member that is disposed in the immediate upstream in the sheet conveying direction with respect to the hard roller, and guides the sheet; wherein a nip width in the sheet conveying direction of a nip portion between the hard roller and the soft roller is set to be narrower in a central portion in an axial direction than end portions in the axial direction, and the guide member is configured to protrude in the central portion in the axial direction toward the downstream in the sheet conveying direction from the both end portions in the axial direction.