MEDIA STRAIGHTENER, FEEDER AND METHOD
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180312359A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-01

    申请号:US15773070

    申请日:2015-11-02

    IPC分类号: B65H23/34

    摘要: Disclosed herein is a feeder that includes a receiver configured to receive a reel of carrier tape having media disposed thereon, a presentation location configured to present media from the reel for a subsequent picking process, a media straightener. The media straightener includes an inlet configured to receive the carrier tape and an outlet configured to expel the carrier tape to the presentation location. The media straightener includes a path located between the inlet and the outlet, the path including a first bend configured to permanently deform the media as the carrier tape moves through the first bend. Further disclosed is a media straightener and a method of straightening media.

    Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US09908727B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-06

    申请号:US15208798

    申请日:2016-07-13

    摘要: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a first conveyance unit conveying a sheet, the first conveyance unit including a first rotary member, and a second rotary member contacting with the first rotary member at a contact portion, a second conveyance unit arranged downstream, in a sheet conveyance direction, of the first conveyance unit, a bent conveyance guide forming a sheet conveying path between the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit such that the sheet conveying path is bent, and a swing guide provided upstream, in the sheet conveyance direction, of the bent conveyance guide, and guiding the sheet to the bent conveyance guide at a downstream side, in the sheet conveyance direction, of the contact portion. A center of rotation of the swing guide is provided coaxially as a rotation axis of the first rotary member.