US 12,353,155 B2
Static elimination apparatus and image forming system
Shingo Iwami, Tokyo (JP); Ryo Aihara, Chiba (JP); and Ryo Nakanishi, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/424,258.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-011450 (JP), filed on Jan. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0255883 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/6573 (2013.01) [B65H 29/12 (2013.01); B65H 2301/5133 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00421 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A static elimination apparatus comprising:
a non-contact static elimination unit arranged above a conveyance path through which a sheet is conveyed and configured to eliminate static electricity from the sheet conveyed in a non-contact state;
an upper side guide member arranged so as to face an upper surface of the sheet conveyed and configured to form part of the conveyance path;
a lower side guide member arranged so as to face a lower surface of the sheet conveyed and configured to form the part of the conveyance path together with the upper side guide member;
a lower side unit in which the lower side guide member is arranged; and
an upper side unit in which the non-contact static elimination unit is arranged and that is configured to be rotated upward with respect to the lower side unit so as to make at least part of the conveyance path exposed,
wherein the upper side guide member is arranged below the non-contact static elimination unit and includes a plurality of openings arranged next to each other in a width direction orthogonal to a sheet conveyance direction.