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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Technology Development (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., Wuxi, Jiangsu, CN;
Yoshiki Omichi, Toyokawa, JP;
Teruo Nagashima, Tokyo, JP;
Yunzhen Yang, Jiangsu, CN;
Linfeng Zhou, Jiangsu, CN;
Zhongqi Cao, Jiangsu, CN;
Jianming Shi, Jiangsu, CN;
Shuang Chu, Jiangsu, CN;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (WUXI) CO., LTD., Jiangsu, CN;
Abstract
The present sheet conveying apparatus includes: a resist roller pair that corrects skew of a sheet conveyed from a sheet supplying unit; and a guide portion disposed at an upstream side relative to the resist roller pair in a sheet conveying direction, the guide portion including a first guide and a second guide disposed opposite to the first guide with a sheet conveying path therebetween, the second guide being located at a projection side of a curved portion formed in the sheet when a tip of the sheet is conveyed to a nip portion of the resist roller pair that is stopped, the second guide being divided into a plurality of divided guides in an axial direction of the resist roller pair, a flexible film being disposed to cover at least a portion of a space between the plurality of divided guides.