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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masaru Yamagishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/00 ; B65H 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/00 ; B65H 2/900 ;
Abstract
A sheet guide device to guide a sheet being conveyed in a sheet conveying path of the device includes a device to adjust widthwise sheet positioning by regulating side edges of the sheet. The adjusting device is provided in a curved part of the sheet conveying path. The sheet guide device further includes a sheet conveying roller to convey the sheet. The adjusting device is positioned on a shaft of the sheet conveying roller and is slidable along the shaft. The sheet conveying roller reverses a conveying direction of the sheet. The adjusting device unitarily includes a guide member to guide the side edges of the sheet.