Conveyance apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRyo Takaba
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Abstract
A conveyance apparatus according to the disclosure includes a conveyance unit that conveys a sheet, a flapper movable between a first position and a second position, a flapper moving unit that moves the flapper to the first position when power is supplied, a door to open a predetermined conveyance path and a second conveyance path, a detection unit that detects an occurrence of an abnormal state relating to the conveyance apparatus, and a control unit that, in a case where the detection unit detects the occurrence of the abnormal state while a sheet is conveyed to the first conveyance path by the conveyance unit and the flapper is in the first position, stops a sheet conveyance operation of the conveyance unit and inhibits the flapper from moving to the second position by continuing to supply power to the flapper moving unit.
Claims20
A conveyance apparatus comprising:
- a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet along a predetermined conveyance path;
- a flapper configured to be movable between a first position and a second position, the flapper in the first position guiding a sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit from the predetermined conveyance path to a first conveyance path branched from the predetermined conveyance path, the flapper in the second position guiding a sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit from the predetermined conveyance path to a second conveyance path branched from the predetermined conveyance path;
- a flapper moving unit configured to move the flapper to the first position when power is supplied to the flapper moving unit, wherein when power supply to the flapper moving unit is stopped, the flapper moves to the second position;
- a detection unit configured to detect an occurrence of an abnormal state relating to the conveyance apparatus;
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- a control unit configured to, in a case where the detection unit detects the occurrence of the abnormal state while a sheet is conveyed to the first conveyance path by the conveyance unit and the flapper is in the first position, stop a sheet conveyance operation of the conveyance unit and inhibit the flapper from moving to the second position by continuing to supply power to the flapper moving unit in a state where a remaining sheet is stopped at a position where the remaining sheet extends over the predetermined conveyance path and the first conveyance path.
A conveyance apparatus comprising:
- a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet along a predetermined conveyance path;
- a flapper configured to be movable between a first position and a second position, the flapper in the first position guiding a sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit from the predetermined conveyance path to a first conveyance path branched from the predetermined conveyance path, the flapper in the second position guiding a sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit from the predetermined conveyance path to a second conveyance path branched from the predetermined conveyance path;
- a flapper moving unit configured to move the flapper to the first position when power is supplied to the flapper moving unit, wherein when power supply to the flapper moving unit is stopped, the flapper moves to the second position;
- a determination unit configured to determine a position of a sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit;
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- a control unit configured to, in a case where a sheet conveyance operation of the conveyance unit is stopped and the determination unit determines that a remaining sheet is stopped at a position where the remaining sheet extends over the predetermined conveyance path and the first conveyance path, inhibit the flapper from moving to the second position by continuing to supply power to the flapper moving unit.
A conveyance apparatus comprising:
- a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet along a predetermined conveyance path;
- a flapper configured to be movable between a first position and a second position, the flapper in the first position guiding a sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit from the predetermined conveyance path to a first conveyance path branched from the predetermined conveyance path, the flapper in the second position guiding a sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit from the predetermined conveyance path to a second conveyance path branched from the predetermined conveyance path;
- a flapper moving unit configured to move the flapper to the first position when power is supplied to the flapper moving unit, wherein when power supply to the flapper moving unit is stopped, the flapper moves to the second position;
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- a control unit configured to, in a case where a sheet conveyance operation of the conveyance unit is stopped, inhibit the flapper from moving to the second position by continuing to supply power to the flapper moving unit in a state where a remaining sheet is stopped at a position where the remaining sheet extends over the predetermined conveyance path and the first conveyance path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.