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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2023
Applicants:

Kota Kawamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasunobu Youda, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Kota Kawamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasunobu Youda, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B65H 2404/144 (2013.01); B65H 2405/3321 (2013.01); B65H 2511/14 (2013.01); B65H 2601/11 (2013.01); B65H 2801/39 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet conveying device includes a housing, an opening unit, and a drive rotator. The opening unit is openably close the housing, the opening unit including a driven rotator including first driven rollers at each end regions of an axis of the driven rotator, and a second driven roller at a center region of the axis. The drive rotator forms a conveyance roller pair with the driven rotator to convey a sheet. The second driven roller has an outer diameter greater than each of the first driven rollers.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kawamoto, Kota. (2026). Sheet conveying device, automatic document feeder, and image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 12583703). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12583703

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