Sheet transport device, image reading device, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorRyusuke Nakata
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Abstract
A sheet transport device includes a sheet transport path along which at least one sheet is transported to a nip defined by a fixing roller and a displacement roller, a sensing unit disposed on the sheet transport path, an opening and closing member that is movable between a closed position at which the sheet transport path is formed and an open position at which the sheet transport path is exposed, and a guide member that is attached to the opening and closing member and that moves by following displacement of the displacement roller in such a manner as to maintain a certain distance from the sensing unit.
Claims7
A sheet transport device comprising:
- a sheet transport path along which at least one sheet is transported to a nip defined by a fixing roller and a displacement roller;
- a sensing unit disposed on the sheet transport path;
- an opening and closing member that is movable between a closed position at which the sheet transport path is formed and an open position at which the sheet transport path is exposed;
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- a guide member that is attached to the opening and closing member and that moves by following displacement of the displacement roller in such a manner as to maintain a certain distance from the sensing unit,
- wherein the guide member has a first end portion that is rotatably supported by the opening and closing member and a second end portion that is fitted into a rotary shaft of the displacement roller so as to be movable in a transport direction of the sheet and moves by following displacement of the displacement roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.