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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2025
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a lower sheet guide including a first guide surface configured to guide a surface of a sheet, a discharge roller including two rollers configured to convey the sheet in a discharge direction, and a shaft extending in a width direction perpendicular to the discharge direction, a discharge tray configured to support the sheet, a first elastic piece located between the two rollers in the width direction and located above the shaft at a position of the shaft, a plurality of second elastic pieces located so as to sandwich the two rollers in the width direction and located above the shaft at the position of the shaft, a plurality of third elastic pieces located so as to sandwich the two rollers in the width direction and located downstream of the second elastic pieces in the discharge direction.