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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Takeshi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Ibaraki, JP;
Yuji Karikusa, Ibaraki, JP;
Junji Shirakawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Ibaraki, JP;
Yuji Karikusa, Ibaraki, JP;
Junji Shirakawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveyor, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a first conveyor to convey a sheet via a first sheet conveying path and move in a direction intersecting a sheet thickness direction, a second conveyor to convey the sheet via a second sheet conveying path and include a third conveyor and a fourth conveyor bringing either one close to and away from the other via the second sheet conveying path in the sheet thickness direction, a first attaching part provided to the first conveyor to attach the first conveyor to the sheet conveyor, and a state changer to change a state of one of the first attaching part to a movement allowed state and the second conveyor to a sheet releasing state in conjunction with a releasing action of the other of the first attaching part and the second conveyor.