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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuro Kawashima, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/52 (2006.01); B65H 29/14 (2006.01); B65H 29/70 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01); B65H 85/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/20 (2013.01); B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B65H 29/14 (2013.01); B65H 29/52 (2013.01); B65H 29/70 (2013.01); B65H 85/00 (2013.01); B65H 2301/33312 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51214 (2013.01); B65H 2404/611 (2013.01); B65H 2601/251 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet conveying device is provided in a sheet discharge portion of an image forming apparatus. A curved path and a reverse conveyance path are formed within the sheet conveying device. An outer guide rib and an inner guide rib are provided to a conveyance guide forming a lower-side guide surface of the curved path. The inner guide rib is lower than a reference straight line connecting a pressure contact point of a discharge roller pair to a rotary roller, and the outer guide rib is higher than the reference straight line.