US 12,459,776 B2
Conveyance apparatus
Ryutaro Kitagawa, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/191,648.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-071063 (JP), filed on Apr. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0339716 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 43/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 43/00 (2013.01) [B41J 11/009 (2013.01); B65H 2553/40 (2013.01); B65H 2601/25 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveyance apparatus comprising:
a conveyance roller pair configured to convey a roll sheet;
a first sensor configured to acquire data to be used to identify a roll sheet type of the roll sheet during the sheet conveyance by the conveyance roller pair;
a second sensor different from the first sensor and configured to detect the roll sheet;
a control unit configured to control an operation on the roll sheet based on a result of the data acquisition by the first sensor; and
a platen configured to support the roll sheet,
wherein the first sensor is disposed between a rolled portion of the roll sheet and the platen on a conveyance path of the roll sheet,
wherein the second sensor detects the roll sheet conveyed on the platen after the first sensor has acquired the data, and
wherein the second sensor is disposed at a position opposite to the platen.