Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet conveyor and image reading apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 片材输送机和图像读取装置
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Application No.: US11963621Application Date: 2007-12-21
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Publication No.: US08061711B2Publication Date: 2011-11-22
- Inventor: Satoru Nakakita , Akihiro Sakakibara
- Applicant: Satoru Nakakita , Akihiro Sakakibara
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2006-348778 20061226
- Main IPC: B65H9/04
- IPC: B65H9/04

Abstract:
A sheet conveyor includes a conveying path along which a sheet is conveyed and a transparent member disposed on the conveying path and including a surface facing the sheet being conveyed. The transparent member including a reference line extending across the transparent member in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. The sheet conveyor further includes a guide member comprising a guide edge that includes a first guide edge and a second guide edge, the guide edge having a shape, such that a distance from the guide edge to the reference line varies in the direction in which the reference line extends. The guide edge further may include a first guide portion and a second guide portion. The guide member is disposed upstream of the transparent member in a conveying direction of the sheet, and the guide member is configured to guide the sheet to the transparent member. The first guide portion may include a first guide edge disposed separate from a reference line by a first distance. The second guide portion also may include a second guide edge disposed separate from the reference line by a second distance different from the first distance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080150222A1 Sheet Conveyor And Image Reading Apparatus Public/Granted day:2008-06-26
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