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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2022
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Tadahisa Kishimoto, Osaka, JP;
Koji Murata, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveying apparatus () includes a first sheet conveyance passage (), a second sheet conveyance passage (), a pair of feed rollers (r), a first pair of conveyance rollers (), and a contact-release mechanism (). The second sheet conveyance passage () branches from a branch section () on the first sheet conveyance passage (). The first pair of conveyance rollers () has a first roller () and a second roller () and conveys a sheet along the first sheet conveyance passage (). When, in the branch section (), a sheet is conveyed from upstream with respect to the sheet conveyance direction in the first sheet conveyance passage () toward the second sheet conveyance passage (), the sheet conveying apparatus () makes the contact-release mechanism () move the second roller () away from the first roller () and makes the pair of feed rollers (r) convey the sheet.