Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conveyance control for image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17404043Application Date: 2021-08-17
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Publication No.: US11619902B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Shuntaro Tezuka , Masanori Yamagata
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP
- Priority: JPJP2020-141383 20200825
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing portion, a transfer member, a conveyance portion, a guide member disposed on the same side as the image bearing member with respect to a conveyance path, the guide member being configured to guide the sheet conveyed by the conveyance portion toward the transfer portion, a rotary member disposed to oppose the guide member and configured to be movable between a first position and a second position, and an urging portion. An urging force of the urging portion is set such that the rotary member is positioned at the first position in a case where a first sheet having a first stiffness is conveyed, and such that the rotary member is positioned at the second position by being pushed by a second sheet having a second stiffness.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220066375A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-03-03
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