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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Fumiyuki Heishi, Miyagi, JP;
Hiroshi Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Akai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehisa Shimazu, Tokyo, JP;
Takuma Ariga, Kanagawa, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Ikuhisa Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Hayasaka, Miyagi, JP;
Hiroaki Utagawa, Miyagi, JP;
Fumiyuki Heishi, Miyagi, JP;
Hiroshi Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Akai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehisa Shimazu, Tokyo, JP;
Takuma Ariga, Kanagawa, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Ikuhisa Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Hayasaka, Miyagi, JP;
Hiroaki Utagawa, Miyagi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A document conveying device includes a document table on which a stack of document sheets is placed; a rotating shaft member detachably provided on a main body of the document conveying device; a feeding member configured to contact and feed a topmost sheet of the stack of document sheets, the feeding member being attached to the rotating shaft member via a driving force transmitting member; a separating unit configured to separate the topmost sheet from one or more sheets that are fed together with the topmost sheet, rotating members rotatably attached to the rotating shaft member; a holding member configured to hold the feeding member and the driving force transmitting member; and a rotating member position restricting unit configured to restrict a position of the rotating members other than the holding member to a given predetermined position with reference to a position of the holding member.