Patent ID: 8459641
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first conveyance portion configured to convey a sheet at a first speed; a second conveyance portion disposed downstream of the first conveyance portion in a conveyance direction; a skew correction portion movably disposed between the first and second conveyance portions along the conveyance direction, and configured to be struck by a downstream end in the conveyance direction of the sheet; and a controller configured to control the first conveyance portion and the skew correction portion, so that the first conveyance portion strikes the sheet against the skew correction portion having a moving speed slower than the first speed and conveys the sheet to the second conveyance portion with the sheet being struck, and so that a striking position in the conveyance direction between the sheet and the skew correction portion is changed to upstream in the conveyance direction as a rigidity of the sheet is greater.