US 12,173,886 B2
Sheet conveyance apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/459,832.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-142112 (JP), filed on Sep. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0077197 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. F21V 33/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 33/0048 (2013.01) [B65H 5/021 (2013.01); G03G 15/70 (2013.01); G03G 21/16 (2013.01); G03G 21/1609 (2013.01); G03G 21/1614 (2013.01); G03G 21/1619 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 21/1695 (2013.01); B65H 2402/45 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet conveyance apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body including a first guide configured to form a conveyance path along which a sheet to be conveyed is guided;
an opening/closing member including a second guide disposed opposite the first guide and configured to form the conveyance path, the opening/closing member being openable and closable with respect to the apparatus body around a rotation axis;
a light source configured to emit light; and
a reflection unit configured to reflect light from the light source, wherein
the light source and the reflection unit are disposed such that, in an open state where the opening/closing member is open to expose the conveyance path, the first guide is irradiated, in a direction from a side farther from the rotation axis to a side closer to the rotation axis, with the light reflected by the reflection unit.