Patent ID: 9586776
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A conveyance apparatus comprising: a conveyance roller; a plurality of driven rollers arranged to face the conveyance roller and arranged side by side to each other in an axial direction of the conveyance roller; a plurality of roller holders arranged side by side to each other in the axial direction, configured to support the driven rollers to be rotatable, respectively, and configured to be movable to a first position at which the driven rollers abut against the conveyance roller and to a second position at which the driven rollers are separated from the conveyance roller; a biasing member configured to bias each of the roller holders toward the first position; and a movable member configured to be movable to a third position and to a fourth position along an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the axial direction, the movable member having a plurality of cam portions which are disposed corresponding to the roller holders, respectively, and which are configured to abut against the roller holders respectively in a movement process during which the movable member is moved from the third position to the fourth position to thereby move the roller holders from the first position to the second position, wherein each of the cam portions includes: