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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kiyoshi Watanabe, Matsudo, JP;
Ryuichi Kojima, Toride, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 7/16 (2006.01); B65H 5/36 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); B65H 5/36 (2013.01); B65H 7/16 (2013.01); G03G 15/6573 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet transport apparatus includes a transport guide that is included in a first transport path along which a sheet is to be transported and a flapper that selectively guides the sheet, which is transported by passing through the first transport path, to a second transport path and a third transport path. The transport guide has an air-blowing hole that is positioned further upstream than the flapper in a transport direction of the sheet. The sheet transport apparatus further includes an air-blowing fan that blows air to the flapper from outside the first transport path via the air-blowing hole.