Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet detection mechanism and image forming apparatus equipped therewith
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Application No.: US15795951Application Date: 2017-10-27
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Publication No.: US10301130B2Publication Date: 2019-05-28
- Inventor: Takafumi Suzuki , Yasuhiko Okuma , Yusuke Jota
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2016-213530 20161031; JP2017-008885 20170120
- Main IPC: B65H43/08
- IPC: B65H43/08 ; B65H7/02 ; G03G15/20 ; B65H3/66 ; B65H7/14 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
According to the present disclosure, a first guide unit is provided with a first opening portion through which light in an optical path connecting a first optical element unit and a second optical element unit passes, a second guide unit is provided with a second opening portion through which light in the optical path connecting the first optical element unit and the second optical element unit passes, the first guide unit is provided with a duct for sending air to the first optical element unit, and the air coming out from the first opening portion hits the second optical element unit via the second opening portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180118488A1 SHEET DETECTION MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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