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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Iwao Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyokazu Namekata, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoma Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Kiyohara, Tokyo, JP;
Kensuke Izuma, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Copyer Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/302 ;
Abstract
A cam,is rotated in an arrow F direction. This causes sheet conveyance rollers,and guide elements,to rotate on a lower conveyance shaft,and an upper conveyance shaft,, respectively, so that they are separated from a drive roller,. Thus, a spur plate,faces the upward stream end with respect to the recording sheet conveyance direction and opens in synchronism with the sheet conveyance rollers,and,, etc. Accordingly, it is possible to readily remove a recording sheet subjected to the jam.