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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Kowase, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes: a conveying unit configured to convey a sheet along a conveying path; a switching unit configured to switch a sheet conveying destination; a delivering unit configured to deliver the sheet on the delivery path toward the device at the sheet conveying destination; a reversing unit configured to first convey the sheet from the reversing port toward the outside of the casing and then delivers the sheet from the position toward a circulation path while reversing the conveying direction of the sheet; a circulating unit configured to convey the sheet delivered toward the circulation path along the circulation path and return the sheet to the conveying path while the sheet is reversed; and a control unit configured to control the conveying unit, the reversing unit, the delivering unit, the circulating unit, and the switching unit.