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Patent No.:

US 9329565 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2015

Image forming apparatus and sheet conveying device

Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Shuji Osaki, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Studebaker & Brackett PC

Primary Examiner:

Jeremy R Severson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/02 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); B65H 43/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01); B65H 29/52 (2006.01); B65H 29/60 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B65H 29/52 (2013.01); B65H 29/60 (2013.01); B65H 31/02 (2013.01); B65H 43/00 (2013.01); G03G 15/6552 (2013.01); G03G 21/1638 (2013.01); G03G 21/1695 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4212 (2013.01); B65H 2402/31 (2013.01); B65H 2402/441 (2013.01); B65H 2402/45 (2013.01); B65H 2402/64 (2013.01); B65H 2404/611 (2013.01); B65H 2511/417 (2013.01); B65H 2511/51 (2013.01); B65H 2601/11 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00421 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00544 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus is configured to include an apparatus main body, further including an internal sheet discharge portion for ejection of a sheet having an image formed thereon; and a relay conveying unit, positioned in the internal sheet discharge portion, and configured to convey the sheet to a post-processing device. The relay conveying unit has: a body portion; a cover member positioned on a side surface of the body portion; a detection switch; and a hook positioned on the cover member. The body portion and cover member form a sheet conveying path, the cover member being turnable in vertical directions into opening and closing states, to open and form the sheet conveying path, respectively, as detected by the detection switch. The hook prevents the cover member from being turned from the closing state and switches the detection switch into an on state.

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