US 12,092,979 B2
Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus
Yuki Inoue, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/175,875.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-033289 (JP), filed on Mar. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280686 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 29/58 (2006.01); G03G 15/23 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/234 (2013.01) [B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 29/58 (2013.01); G03G 15/6502 (2013.01); B65H 2301/33312 (2013.01); B65H 2301/517 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00438 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00548 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet conveying apparatus configured to convey a sheet, the sheet conveying apparatus comprising:
a reversing portion configured to convey the sheet in a first direction and then convey the sheet in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
a reversing retraction portion provided in the reversing portion and configured to temporarily retract the sheet conveyed in the first direction by the reversing portion;
a conveyance portion having a conveyance path through which the sheet conveyed in the second direction by the reversing portion passes and configured to convey the sheet;
a guide member provided in the reversing retraction portion and configured to guide one surface of the sheet; and
a fan provided in the conveyance portion and configured to blow air toward the sheet guided by the guide member,
wherein the fan is disposed to blow the air of the conveyance path in the conveyance portion toward the reversing retraction portion and along the guide member in the first direction.