US 11,718,497 B2
Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus
Kenichirou Isobe, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/584,579.
Application 17/584,579 is a continuation of application No. 16/587,138, filed on Sep. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,261,051.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-197899 (JP), filed on Oct. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144577 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 37/04 (2006.01); B65H 29/14 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 37/04 (2013.01) [B65H 29/14 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4212 (2013.01); B65H 2402/32 (2013.01); B65H 2402/441 (2013.01); B65H 2402/45 (2013.01); B65H 2403/51 (2013.01); B65H 2405/115 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1124 (2013.01); B65H 2405/11151 (2013.01); B65H 2405/324 (2013.01); B65H 2601/11 (2013.01); B65H 2601/111 (2013.01); B65H 2601/321 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a first conveyor including an image forming device and configured to convey a sheet on which an image is formed; and
a second conveyor including a cover movable between a close position at which the cover is positioned when the sheet is conveyed on a sheet conveyance path and an open position at which the cover is positioned when the sheet conveyance path is opened, the second conveyor being configured to be movable, in a state where the second conveyor is supported by the first conveyor, between a first position where the sheet conveyed from the first conveyor can be conveyed to the sheet conveyance path and a second position separated from the first position,
wherein the first conveyor includes a retainer configured to retain the cover at a predetermined position,
wherein the cover does not interfere with the retainer in a condition where the second conveyor is positioned at the first position,
wherein the cover is in contact with the retainer and retained at the open position in a condition where the second conveyor is positioned at the second position and the cover is moved from the close position to the open position.