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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shinya Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takatoshi Nakano, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Kano, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/36 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 9/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/58 (2006.01); B41J 3/60 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/36 (2013.01); B41J 3/60 (2013.01); B41J 11/006 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 5/068 (2013.01); B65H 9/00 (2013.01); B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B65H 29/58 (2013.01); B65H 2220/02 (2013.01); B65H 2301/3122 (2013.01); B65H 2404/612 (2013.01); B65H 2404/6111 (2013.01); B65H 2404/63 (2013.01); B65H 2511/11 (2013.01); B65H 2511/20 (2013.01); B65H 2511/214 (2013.01); B65H 2511/514 (2013.01); B65H 2601/12 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1311 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1313 (2013.01); B65H 2801/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet is conveyed with no slack between a first conveying path and a second conveying path, thus allowing a high-quality image to be printed on the sheet and suppressing a possible sheet jam. A conveying path with a changeable conveying path length is provided between a first conveying path including a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a second conveying path including a pair of downstream side conveying rollers and a pair of downstream side conveying rollers.