# US 10,870,549 B2 · Conveying device and image forming apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,549 B2 - Document ID: US10870549B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/294,378 - Filed: 2019-03-06 - Published: 2019-09-12 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-09 - Assignees: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. - Applicants: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. - Inventors: Tetsuro Kawashima - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870549B2 ## CPC - B65H 5/38: immovable in operation - B65H 5/062: {between rollers or balls} - B65H 5/36: Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation - B65H 29/125: {between two sets of rollers} - B65H 37/00: Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations (incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00) - B65H 2402/10: Modular constructions, e.g. using preformed elements or profiles - B65H 2404/144: with relative movement of the rollers to / from each other - B65H 2404/1521: rotating, pivoting or oscillating around an axis, e.g. parallel to the roller axis - B65H 2404/6111: and shaped for curvilinear transport path - B65H 2404/74: Guiding means - B65H 2601/11: Clearing faulty handling, e.g. jams - B65H 2601/321: Access - B65H 2801/06: Office-type machines, e.g. photocopiers - B65H 2801/27: Devices located downstream of office-type machines - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES ## Abstract A conveying device includes a first guide section, a second guide section, and an urging section. The second guide section has a guide center portion and pivots about the guide center portion. The second guide section is pivotable between a guide position and a separation position. The guide position is a position in which the second guide section is located when a conveyance path of a sheet is formed between the second guide section and the first guide section. When the second guide section is in the guide position, the urging section urges the second guide section in a first pivot direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A conveying device that conveys a sheet, the conveying device comprising: a first guide section extending in a conveyance direction of the sheet; a second guide section having a fulcrum portion and configured to pivot about the fulcrum portion; and an urging section configured to urge the second guide section, wherein the second guide section is pivotable between a guide position and a separation position, the guide position being a position in which the second guide section is located when a conveyance path of the sheet is formed between the second guide section and the first guide section, the separation position being a position in which the second guide position is located as a result of pivoting from the guide position by a specific angle, when the second guide section is in the guide position, the urging section urges the second guide section in a first pivot direction, the first pivot direction being a direction in which the second guide section pivots from the separation position toward the guide position, and in a course of the second guide section pivoting from the guide position to the separation position, a direction in which the urging section urges the second guide section changes from the first pivot direction to a second pivot direction, the second pivot direction being a direction in which the second guide section moves from the guide position to the separation position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The conveying device according to claim 1, further comprising: a rail section provided along the second guide section; and a pivotably supported arm section, wherein the arm section includes: the urging section; an arm fulcrum portion about which the arm section pivots; and a movable section movable on the rail section, and the urging section is located between the arm fulcrum portion and the movable section. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The conveying device according to claim 2, wherein when the movable section is located on the rail section, the urging section urges the movable section in a separation direction, the separation direction being a direction in which the movable section moves away from the arm fulcrum portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The conveying device according to claim 2, wherein the rail section has a specific portion that is in contact with the movable section when the second guide section is in the guide position, and the arm section is pivotable in a first arm pivot direction and a second arm pivot direction, the first arm pivot direction being a direction in which the arm section pivots to cause the movable section to come close to the specific portion, the second arm pivot direction being a direction in which the arm section pivots to cause the movable section to move away from the specific portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The conveying device according to claim 4, wherein when the arm section pivots in the first arm pivot direction, the movable section moves toward the specific portion along the rail section and the second guide section pivots in the first pivot direction, and when the arm section pivots in the second arm pivot direction, the movable section moves away from the specific portion along the rail section and the second guide section pivots in a second pivot direction opposite to the first pivot direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The conveying device according to claim 4, wherein the second guide section is located lower than the first guide section in a vertical direction, the arm fulcrum portion is located lower than the fulcrum portion in the vertical direction and is located on one side in a horizontal direction as seen from the guide fulcrum portion, when the second guide section is in the guide position, the movable section is in a first position, the first position being located upper than the arm fulcrum portion in the vertical direction and being located on a side opposite to the fulcrum portion in the horizontal direction as seen from the arm fulcrum portion, and when the second guide section is in the separation position, the movable section is in a second position, the second position being located upper than the arm fulcrum portion in the vertical direction and being located on the fulcrum side in the horizontal direction as seen from the first position. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The conveying device according to claim 6, further comprising a restriction section configured to restrict movement of the movable section to prevent the movable section from moving downward in the vertical direction farther than the first position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The conveying device according to claim 6, wherein when the second guide section is in the guide position, the arm fulcrum portion is located upper than an imaginary normal line in the vertical direction, the imaginary normal line being a line intersecting at right angles with an imaginary line and passing through a contact portion, the imaginary line being a line passing through the fulcrum portion and the contact portion, the contact portion being a portion of the rail section in contact with the movable section. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The conveying device according to claim 8, wherein when the second guide section is in the guide position, an angle of inclination of the rail section relative to the imaginary line is greater than 0° and no greater than 30°. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) An image forming apparatus comprising the conveying device according to claim 1.