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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2021
Pfu Limited, Kahoku, JP;
Itsuki Oishi, Kahoku, JP;
Hirotoshi Kakuda, Kahoku, JP;
PFU LIMITED, Kahoku, JP;
Abstract
A medium conveying apparatus includes a moving mechanism to move the set guide, a guide pair including a first guide having a first opening and a second opening, and a second guide to regulate a vertical direction of the medium conveyance path, a light emitting element and a light receiving element located on an outside of the medium conveyance path with the first guide in between, and on the downstream side of the first opening and the second opening so as to be apart from the moving mechanism by a predetermined distance or more in the medium conveying direction, a first light guide which is bent so as to guide a light emitted from the light emitting element to the first opening, and a second light guide which is bent so as to guide the light incident from the second opening to the light receiving element.