US 11,940,746 B2
Image forming apparatus and measurement apparatus
Akito Sekigawa, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/060,282.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-199627 (JP), filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176508 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/2028 (2013.01) [G03G 15/5062 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00063 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00679 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
a first conveyance guide having an opening and forming a conveyance path through which the sheet with the image formed on the sheet by the image forming unit is conveyed;
a second conveyance guide opposed to the first conveyance guide and forming the conveyance path together with the first conveyance guide;
a measurement unit configured to measure, through the opening, a color of the image on the sheet being conveyed through the conveyance path;
an opposing member opposed to the measurement unit at a measurement position of the measurement unit; and
a holding member configured to hold the opposing member so that the opposing member is movable between a first position where the opposing member presses the sheet against the opening and a second position where the opposing member is separated from the opening as compared with the first position,
wherein the holding member includes an abutment portion configured to abut against the first conveyance guide in a state where the opposing member is at the first position.