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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Eizo Kurita, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
Naofumi Soga, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
Kenji Takashima, Numazu Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiaki Oshiro, Izu Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/14 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/14 (2013.01); B65H 3/06 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); B65H 2403/514 (2013.01); B65H 2405/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes a sheet tray on which one or more sheets are placed, a pickup roller by which a sheet is picked up from the sheet tray, and an elevating mechanism. The elevating mechanism includes a shaft rotated by a motor, and a cam attached to the shaft and rotated together with the shaft to raise and lower the sheet tray with respect to the pickup roller. The sheet conveying device further includes a load applying mechanism contacting the shaft to apply a load thereto.