US 12,109,798 B2
Recording apparatus and conveyance apparatus
Takaaki Ishida, Kanagawa (JP); Masakazu Tsukuda, Kanagawa (JP); Masaaki Matsuura, Kanagawa (JP); Koki Kudo, Kanagawa (JP); Akira Kida, Kanagawa (JP); Masashi Hayashi, Kanagawa (JP); and Atsushi Arai, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/852,185.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-108169 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410591 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 3/60 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/0015 (2013.01) [G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); B65H 2301/5133 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a storage unit configured to store a recording medium;
a first feeding unit configured to feed the recording medium from the storage unit;
a recording unit having a recording area where recording is to be performed by the recording unit;
a main conveyance roller disposed immediately upstream of the recording unit and configured to convey the recording medium in a first direction to the recording area;
a conveyance path through which the recording medium passes in a case where the recording medium is conveyed from the storage unit towards the recording area by the first feeding unit;
a first intermediate roller disposed on the conveyance path downstream of the first feeding unit as a rubber roller closest to the recording area;
a double-sided conveyance path through which the recording medium passes after recording is performed on a first surface of the recording medium by the recording unit and before recording to be performed on a second surface of the recording medium is performed by the recording unit;
a junction disposed between the conveyance path and the double-sided conveyance path and between the main conveyance roller and the first intermediate roller;
a first charge eliminator disposed between the junction and the main conveyance roller and configured to eliminate charges from the first surface of the recording medium; and
a second charge eliminator disposed between the junction and the main conveyance roller and configured to eliminate charges from the second surface of the recording medium.