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Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2014
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventor:

Keisuke Wakakusa, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:

BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/44 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/446 (2013.01); B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 1/28 (2013.01); B65H 3/44 (2013.01); G03G 21/1638 (2013.01); B65H 2402/441 (2013.01); B65H 2402/63 (2013.01); B65H 2403/41 (2013.01); B65H 2405/324 (2013.01); B65H 2407/21 (2013.01); B65H 2511/10 (2013.01); B65H 2801/39 (2013.01); G03G 2221/169 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1687 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet conveyor device includes a first housing having a sheet conveyance path. A second housing is pivotably disposed above the first housing and movable between a first position at which the second housing is adjacent to an upper side of the first housing and a second position at which the second housing is angled relative to the upper side of the first housing. A sheet support member is connected to the first housing and has a sheet inlet communicating with the conveyance path. An interlock mechanism is pivotable about a second rotational axis that is parallel to the first rotational axis in response to movement of the second housing between the first position and the second position to move a cover between a first state and a second state.


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