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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 31/24 (2006.01); B65H 43/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/22 (2006.01); B65H 29/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); B65H 29/22 (2013.01); B65H 29/58 (2013.01); B65H 31/24 (2013.01); B65H 43/00 (2013.01); G03G 15/6552 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00421 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00907 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main body of the image forming apparatus with an opening portion, an image forming unit, an accommodation portion, a stack portion, a sheet moving unit, and a control unit that controls switching between a first mode that moves, with the sheet moving unit, a sheet accommodated in the accommodation portion and stops the sheet when a part of the sheet is exposed external to the main body of the image forming apparatus from the opening portion, and a second mode that moves the sheet, with the sheet moving unit, accommodated in the accommodation portion and that discharges the sheet to the stack portion.