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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Daikai Zaitsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Daikai Zaitsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/36 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/36 (2013.01); B65H 3/0669 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 2402/60 (2013.01); B65H 2407/20 (2013.01); B65H 2601/324 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet conveyance guide includes a guide portion, a first thrust direction retainer, and a second thrust direction retainer. The guide portion is configured to guide a sheet. The first thrust direction retainer includes a first engagement portion configured to engage with a shaft of a sheet conveying roller configured to convey the sheet, and a guide releaser configured to be operated by a user to release engagement of the first engagement portion with the shaft of the sheet conveying roller. The second thrust direction retainer includes a second engagement portion configured to engage with the shaft of the sheet conveying roller.