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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2020
Mizuna Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes a first sheet conveyance passage, a second sheet conveyance passage, and a branching guide. The first sheet conveyance passage is a passage through which a sheet passes in a first direction. The second sheet conveyance passage shares a part of the first sheet conveyance passage and branches off from the first sheet conveyance passage in a second direction opposite the first direction of the first sheet conveyance passage. The branching guide is disposed at a position where the first sheet conveyance passage meets the second sheet conveyance passage. The branching guide is configured to move between a first position for the first direction and a second position for the second direction. A plurality of branching guides including the branching guide is spaced apart in a width direction of the sheet and separately switchable between the first position and the second position.