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Patent No.:

US 9327929 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2014

Sheet conveying apparatus, and image forming apparatus provided with the same

Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Nobuhiro Nishioka, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;

Attorney:

Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

Primary Examiner:

Howard Sanders

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 (2006.01); B65H 7/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01); B65H 1/14 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 3/54 (2006.01); B65H 1/10 (2006.01); B65H 3/50 (2006.01); B65H 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/06 (2013.01); B65H 1/14 (2013.01); B65H 3/06 (2013.01); B65H 3/5261 (2013.01); B65H 3/54 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 7/20 (2013.01); B65H 1/10 (2013.01); B65H 3/50 (2013.01); B65H 3/56 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1442 (2013.01); B65H 2405/15 (2013.01); B65H 2405/312 (2013.01); B65H 2405/313 (2013.01); B65H 2405/3311 (2013.01); B65H 2511/20 (2013.01); B65H 2513/511 (2013.01); B65H 2553/82 (2013.01); B65H 2555/13 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1311 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1313 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet conveying apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a roller drive portion, a first drive portion, a restriction member, a second drive portion, and a drive control portion. Restriction member contacts with rear end of sheet surface, in conveying direction, of uppermost sheet in sheet stack stored in sheet storage portion to restrict feeding of sheet from sheet storage portion. Drive control portion controls roller drive portion, first drive portion, and second drive portion, and causes opposing member to separate from sheet feed roller, and causes restriction member to contact with sheet surface of second sheet to be conveyed immediately after first sheet, after first sheet located on uppermost position of sheet stack is fed by pickup roller and leading end of first sheet in conveying direction passes through sheet feed nip portion.

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