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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
Haruhiko Horiuchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Haruhiko Horiuchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a sheet conveying apparatus capable of preventing meandering of a belt. A flange roller arranged at an entrance of sheets is used for a conveying roller immediately before a flange roller for feeding conveying rollers to a first conveying path for conveying the sheets. Namely, the flange roller is arranged just closely to an upstream side of the conveying belts arranged on the flange roller in a rotational direction. Further, a flange roller arranged at an exit of the sheets is used for a conveying roller immediately after a flange roller for feeding the conveying rollers finishing conveyance of the sheets on a second conveying path for discharging the sheets. Namely, the flange roller is arranged just closely to a downstream side of the conveying belts arranged on the flange roller in the rotational direction.