US 12,319,072 B2
Recording apparatus
Yumi Mukoyama, Tokyo (JP); Masaaki Matsuura, Kanagawa (JP); Noriyuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa (JP); Motoyuki Taguchi, Tokyo (JP); Junichi Kubokawa, Nagasaki (JP); Yasunori Matsumoto, Kanagawa (JP); Kyosuke Kamishima, Kanagawa (JP); Takahiro Kiuchi, Tokyo (JP); Keisei Hakamata, Tokyo (JP); Haruo Uchida, Kanagawa (JP); Shoichi Kan, Kanagawa (JP); and Takaaki Ishida, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,654.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-047588 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0302831 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 27/12 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 3/60 (2006.01); B41J 11/44 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 27/12 (2013.01) [B41J 2/0455 (2013.01); B41J 3/60 (2013.01); B41J 11/44 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording apparatus configured to record an image on a sheet, the recording apparatus comprising:
a roller pair configured to sandwich the sheet between the roller pair to convey the sheet, the roller pair including a first roller and a second roller that is arranged below the first roller; and
a switching unit configured to switch between a first state in which the roller pair sandwiches the sheet and a second state in which rollers of the roller pair are separated from each other,
wherein the switching unit includes a first movable member configured to be moved in a first direction so that the first state is switched to the second state, and a second movable member configured to be moved in a second direction different from the first direction so that the first state is switched to the second state, and
wherein the first movable member and the second movable member support a rotating shaft of the second roller in the first state.