18821856. SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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HIROYUKI Nakagawa of Chiba (JP)
SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18821856 titled 'SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a housing configured to store a sheet conveyance unit for conveying a sheet, an opening/closing unit configured to be openably and closably provided with respect to the housing, and pivotable between a closed position and an opened position, and a damping unit that is included in the opening/closing unit and configured to damp a movement of the opening/closing unit from the closed position to the opened position, wherein when the opening/closing unit is in the closed position, the opening/closing unit is not subjected to a resistance force of applying a load to the movement of the opening/closing unit by the damping unit, and wherein when the opening/closing unit is pivoted from the closed position to the opened position, the opening/closing unit is subjected to the resistance force of applying the load to the movement of the opening/closing unit by the damping unit.