• Patent Title: SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE
  • Application No.: US15818689
    Application Date: 2017-11-20
  • Publication No.: US20180148286A1
    Publication Date: 2018-05-31
  • Inventor: Kenji Hari
  • Applicant: Kenji Hari
  • Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
  • Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
  • Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
  • Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
  • Priority: JP2016-230918 20161129
  • Main IPC: B65H5/38
  • IPC: B65H5/38 B65H5/06
SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE
Abstract:
A sheet conveying device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a first guide, a second guide, and a lever. The first guide is fixedly disposed to the sheet conveying device. The second guide is disposed opposite the first guide and defining a sheet conveyance passage with the first guide and is configured to rotate about a support shaft thereof operable to open and close the sheet conveyance passage. The lever is configured to rotate about a rotation shaft thereof operable to rotate the second guide. The second guide is configured to change from a closed state in which the sheet conveyance passage is closed to an open state in which the sheet conveyance passage is open, after an angle of rotation of the lever exceeds a threshold value.
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