Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15208798Application Date: 2016-07-13
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Publication No.: US09908727B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Shingo Iwami , Hiroshige Inoue
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2015-147579 20150727
- Main IPC: B65H5/00
- IPC: B65H5/00 ; B65H5/36 ; G03G15/00 ; B65H5/06 ; B65H5/26

Abstract:
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a first conveyance unit conveying a sheet, the first conveyance unit including a first rotary member, and a second rotary member contacting with the first rotary member at a contact portion, a second conveyance unit arranged downstream, in a sheet conveyance direction, of the first conveyance unit, a bent conveyance guide forming a sheet conveying path between the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit such that the sheet conveying path is bent, and a swing guide provided upstream, in the sheet conveyance direction, of the bent conveyance guide, and guiding the sheet to the bent conveyance guide at a downstream side, in the sheet conveyance direction, of the contact portion. A center of rotation of the swing guide is provided coaxially as a rotation axis of the first rotary member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170029231A1 SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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