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Patent No.:

US 9511966 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2014

Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus including the same

Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Tetsuro Kawashima, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

Primary Examiner:

Luis A Gonzalez

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kawashima, Tetsuro. (2016). Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus including the same (U.S. Patent No. 9511966). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9511966

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