Sheet conveying device and recording apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyosuke Sato, Kenji Shigeno, Masato Izumi, Tetsuhiro Nitta
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Abstract
A device includes a conveying unit conveying a sheet, a guide, disposed downstream of the conveying unit in a conveying direction, guiding one side end of the conveyed sheet while being in contact with a side end, a feeding unit obliquely conveying the sheet closer to the guide, a pressing unit pressing the conveyed sheet in a direction in which the sheet moves away from the guide, and a control unit controlling the pressing unit and the feeding unit so that the feeding unit nips the pressed sheet to form a loop in the sheet between the conveying unit and the feeding unit and then conveys the sheet while the side end of the sheet is in sliding contact with the guide.
Claims14
A device comprising:
- a conveying unit configured to convey a sheet;
- a guide configured to guide one side end of the conveyed sheet while being in contact with a side end of the sheet, the guide being disposed downstream of the conveying unit in a conveying direction;
- a feeding unit configured to obliquely convey the sheet closer to the guide;
- a pressing unit configured to press the conveyed sheet in a direction in which the sheet moves away from the guide;
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- a control unit configured to control the pressing unit and the feeding unit so that the feeding unit nips the pressed sheet to form a loop in the sheet between the conveying unit and the feeding unit and then conveys the sheet while the side end of the sheet is in sliding contact with the guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.