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US 10,435,261 B2Granted
Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsSatoshi Miyajima, Takanobu Shiki, Tadayuki Ueda, Hiroshi Oyama, Remi Ishikawa
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Abstract
A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a plurality of conveyors provided along a sheet conveying direction; a plurality of main driving parts that is respectively provided to the plurality of conveyors and independently drives the conveyors; an auxiliary driving part that drives the plurality of conveyors; and a transmitter that transmits driving force between the plurality of conveyors and transmits driving force of the auxiliary driving part to the plurality of conveyors.
Claims11
A sheet conveying apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of conveyors provided along a sheet conveying direction;
- a plurality of main driving parts, each of which is respectively connected to a respective one of the plurality of conveyors to independently drive the conveyors to convey a sheet in the sheet conveying direction;
- an auxiliary driving part that drives the plurality of conveyors to convey the sheet in the sheet conveying direction;
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- a transmitter that transmits driving force between the plurality of conveyors and transmits driving force of the auxiliary driving part to the plurality of conveyors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.