Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transport device including a cover having a frame engagement feature
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Application No.: US16820811Application Date: 2020-03-17
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Publication No.: US11518635B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Tetsuo Asada , Asami Hashimoto , Gakuro Kanazawa , Yoichiro Nishimura
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2019-054152 20190322,JPJP2020-043870 20200313
- Main IPC: B65H5/36
- IPC: B65H5/36 ; B65H5/06 ; B41J29/02

Abstract:
In a transport device, a cover defining a portion of a transport path is pivotable between a closed state and an open state. The cover is movable while in the closed state between a first position and a second position lower than the first position. An urging member urges the cover from the second position toward the first position. The cover includes a main body for guiding the sheet in the transport direction and an engagement portion engaged with a frame when the cover is at the first position to restrict pivoting of the cover from the first position to a third position at which the cover is in the open state. The engagement portion is disengaged from the frame when the cover is at the second position to allow pivoting of the cover from the second position to the third position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200299085A1 TRANSPORT DEVICE INCLUDING A COVER HAVING A FRAME ENGAGEMENT FEATURE Public/Granted day:2020-09-24
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