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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:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
Applicant:
Nobuo Inoue, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuo Inoue, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet conveying unit includes a lower sheet conveying guide on which a sheet material is placed. The sheet conveying unit conveys the sheet material while the sheet material is being guided by the lower sheet conveying guide. The lower sheet conveying guide includes an opening. An elastic member projecting from above toward the lower sheet conveying guide is provided at a downstream side of the opening.