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US20170066609A1 SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS 审中-公开
表格输送装置和图像形成装置

  • Patent Title: SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
  • Patent Title (中): 表格输送装置和图像形成装置
  • Application No.: US15251161
    Application Date: 2016-08-30
  • Publication No.: US20170066609A1
    Publication Date: 2017-03-09
  • Inventor: Kozo Inoue
  • Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
  • Priority: JP2015-176458 20150908
  • Main IPC: B65H5/38
  • IPC: B65H5/38 G03G15/00
SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Abstract:
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes first and second conveyance paths that eventually merge together. A guide member pair constituting the first conveyance path includes a second path guide member disposed on the second conveyance path side among the guide member pair and having a straight portion and a curved portion provided continuously downstream of the straight portion. A downstream end portion of the guide member is positioned in a merging portion of the first and second conveyance paths. The straight portion includes a plurality of ribs and a slope portion formed thereon. The plurality of ribs project perpendicularly from a base portion and are parallel to the sheet conveyance direction. The slope portion is provided between two of the plurality of ribs adjacent to each other and is inclined from the base portion toward the ridges of the plurality of ribs.
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