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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/12 (2006.01); B65H 29/70 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/14 (2006.01); B65H 29/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B65H 29/70 (2013.01); B65H 29/14 (2013.01); B65H 29/22 (2013.01); B65H 2404/14 (2013.01); B65H 2404/694 (2013.01); B65H 2404/6942 (2013.01); G03G 15/6552 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0132 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet is discharged from between a discharge roller and a feeding roller as pinched between the rotating discharge roller and feeding roller. In this arrangement, a guide is arranged from an upstream side to a downstream side in a sheet discharge direction. The guide is arranged to contact the discharge roller at a downstream position in the discharge direction from a position where the discharge roller contacts the feeding roller.