Patent ID: 11880157
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. A sheet feed method, comprising:
feeding a sheet to a downstream side in a conveyance direction through an upstream side roller in a first conveyance path;
merging the first conveyance path and a second conveyance path together by:
conveying the sheet fed from the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path through a nip of a conveyance roller pair;
making an arrangement angle of one roller of the conveyance roller pair thereof variable, the arrangement angle of one roller of the conveyance roller pair being an arrangement angle at which the nip entering direction is directed to the first conveyance path and the arrangement angle of one roller of the conveyance roller pair being an arrangement angle at which the nip entering direction is directed to the second conveyance path;
transmitting a rotational driving force of the upstream side roller from the upstream side roller; and
making the arrangement angle of one roller of the conveyance roller pair to the arrangement angle at which the nip entering direction is directed to the first conveyance path while the upstream side roller is rotating.