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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Keisuke Wakakusa, Nagoya, JP;
Noriyuki Kawamata, Nagoya, JP;
Iwane Sano, Obu, JP;
Masao Mimoto, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhira Ota, Yatomi, JP;
Jie Xiu, Nagoya, JP;
Shingo Ito, Kasugai, JP;
Keisuke Wakakusa, Nagoya, JP;
Noriyuki Kawamata, Nagoya, JP;
Iwane Sano, Obu, JP;
Masao Mimoto, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhira Ota, Yatomi, JP;
Jie Xiu, Nagoya, JP;
Shingo Ito, Kasugai, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A transporting apparatus includes a base unit made of resin, a tray configured to support a sheet, a transporting section supported by an upper portion of the base unit and configured to transport the sheet, and a feeding section supported by a lower portion of the base unit and including a feeding roller configured to contact an upper surface of the sheet supported by the tray and to feed the sheet toward the transporting section. The base unit is integrally formed with an inner-side guide which defines an inner side of a curved path which is configured to guide the sheet fed by the feeding section to the transport section.