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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2018
Satoru Nagasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Onodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Yoshinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conveyor for printer includes, a first guide, a second guide disposed separately from the first guide, a third guide disposed between the first guide and the second guide, the first guide, the second guide, and the third guide defining a conveyance path along which a medium is conveyed, and a loading guide movable to guide the medium between the first guide and the second guide. The third guide is movable between a first position and a second position. The third guide presses the medium to the first guide and the second guide at the first position and is separated from the medium at the second position. The loading guide is disposed at a guiding position to guide the medium and is disposed at a retracted position retracted from the guiding position in response to the third guide disposed at the first position.