# US 2016/0257512 A1 · Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0257512 A1 - Document ID: US20160257512A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/056,841 - Filed: 2016-02-29 - Published: 2016-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-03 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Shota Kase - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160257512A1 ## CPC - B65H 5/36: Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation - B65H 1/266: {Support fully or partially removable from the handling machine, e.g. cassette, drawer (B65H1/027 takes precedence)} - B65H 5/062: {between rollers or balls} - B65H 5/38: immovable in operation - B65H 85/00: Recirculating articles, i.e. feeding each article to, and delivering it from, the same machine work-station more than once - B65H 3/66: Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation - B65H 2402/441: movable for facilitating access to area inside the housing, e.g. pivoting or sliding - B65H 2402/60: Coupling, adapter or locking means - B65H 2403/513: involving elongated cam, i.e. parallel to linear transport path - B65H 2403/541: Trigger mechanisms - B65H 2404/144: with relative movement of the rollers to / from each other - B65H 2404/611: arranged to form a channel - B65H 2405/114: Side, i.e. portion parallel to the feeding / delivering direction - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES ## Abstract A sheet conveying apparatus includes a main body, a stack unit having a contact portion and a stack portion on which a sheet is to be placed, a conveyance guide, and a moving member having a contacted portion. The stack unit can be inserted into and extracted from the main body. The conveyance guide can be located at a guide position for guiding the sheet conveyed on a conveying path and a release position for releasing the conveying path. The moving member moves the conveyance guide from the guide position to the release position by moving in a first direction from a first to a second position. The moving member moves from the first position in a second direction opposite the first direction by the stack unit contact portion contacting the moving member contacted portion when the stack unit is inserted to and extracted from the main body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sheet conveying apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body; a stack unit having a contact portion and configured to be inserted into and extracted from the apparatus main body, wherein the stack unit includes a stack portion on which a sheet is to be placed; a conveyance guide that can be located at a guide position for guiding the sheet conveyed on a conveying path and a release position for releasing the conveying path; and a moving member having a contacted portion and configured to move the conveyance guide from the guide position to the release position by moving in a first direction from a first position to a second position, wherein the moving member moves from the first position in a second direction opposite to the first direction by the contact portion of the stack unit coming into contact with the contacted portion of the moving member when the stack unit is inserted to and extracted from the apparatus main body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the moving member is rotatable about a rotation axis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the conveyance guide is at the guide position, the conveyance guide is disposed above the stack portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a regulating member configured to regulate a position of the sheet placed on the stack portion, wherein the contact portion is disposed at the regulating member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the regulating member can be moved in a direction of insertion and extraction of the stack unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a holding unit configured to hold the conveyance guide at the guide position. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the holding unit comprises a connecting member connecting the moving member and the conveyance guide together, wherein, when the moving member moves from the first position to the second position, the connecting member moves so that the conveyance guide moves from the guide position to the release position, and wherein, when the moving member moves from the first position in the second direction, the holding unit holds the conveyance guide at the guide position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 7, wherein, when the moving member moves from the first position in the second direction, the connecting member does not move. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the connecting member comprises a rotatable first connecting member and a rotatable second connecting member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the moving member comprises an operating lever operable by a user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, wherein the conveyance guide comprises a guide for conveying the sheet on a double-sided conveying path.