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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2007
Shinsuke Kawashima, Osaka, JP;
Katsuhiro Yoshiuchi, Osaka, JP;
Shinsuke Kawashima, Osaka, JP;
Katsuhiro Yoshiuchi, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A document conveying apparatus () includes a conveying unit () inside a document feeding section (), and the conveying unit () includes two fans () for cooling the inside of the document conveying apparatus (). The fans () are arranged to pass air from upstream to downstream with respect to the document conveying direction. Thus, the stream of air produced by the fan () flows along the document conveying direction so that a document sheet is conveyed without being affected by a braking effect. Moreover, the air stream produced by the fan () flows along the document conveying passage () both on the air intake side and the air exhaust side of the fan (). This facilitates the conveying of a document sheet by pulling it on the air intake side of the fan () and pushing it on the air exhaust side of the fan ().