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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Tianjin Xie, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Fujiwara, Nagakute, JP;
Yusaku Seki, Nagoya, JP;
Yukihiko Sato, Nagakute, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveyor includes: a sheet conveyor; a supporter including a movable guide and having a first and second end portions in a widthwise direction; and a first cover adjacent to the first end portion. The supporter has an upstream edge in the conveying direction. A first-end upstream end portion of the upstream edge is nearer to the sheet conveyor than a second-end upstream end portion of the upstream edge. The first cover has a first region and a second region. The first region has a height greater than or equal to that of the guide and extends to a position located upstream of an upstream, end portion of the guide. The second region is located upstream of the first region, and the second region is less in height than the first region. The first-end upstream end portion overlaps the first region when viewed in the widthwise direction.