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US 11,108,929 B2Granted
Sheet conveying device and document reading unit
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazutoshi Takahashi
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Abstract
According to one or more embodiments, a sheet conveying device includes a reading device, a roller, a downstream guide, and a transition guide. The reading device reads a surface of the sheet. The roller faces the reading device. The downstream guide is downstream of the roller in the sheet conveyance direction. The transition guide guides the sheet at least during a sheet transition from the reading position to s an upstream end of the downstream guide.
Claims20
A sheet conveying device, comprising:
- a reading device configured to read an image from a surface of a sheet at a reading position;
- a roller facing the reading device such that the sheet passes between the reading device and the roller when the sheet is conveyed along a sheet conveyance direction;
- a downstream guide downstream of the roller along the sheet conveyance direction, a gap in the sheet conveyance direction being left between an upstream end of the downstream guide and the roller;
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- a transition guide to block the gap and guide a leading edge of the sheet in the sheet conveyance direction on to the downstream guide during a sheet transition from the roller to downstream guide.
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An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- a document reader configured to read an image from a surface of a sheet at a reading position;
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- a sheet conveying device configured to convey the sheet in a sheet conveyance direction past the document reader, the sheet conveying device comprising:
- a roller facing the reading device such that the sheet passes between the document reader and the roller when the sheet is conveyed by the sheet conveying device in the sheet conveyance direction;
- a downstream guide downstream of the roller along the sheet conveyance direction, a gap in the sheet conveyance direction being left between an upstream end of the downstream guide and the roller;
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- a transition guide to block the gap and guide a leading edge of the sheet in the sheet conveyance direction on to the downstream guide during a sheet transition from the roller to downstream guide.
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An image processing device, comprising:
- a reader configured to read a surface of a sheet at a reading position;
- a roller facing the reader at the reading position;
- a downstream guide downstream of the roller in a sheet conveyance direction;
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- a transition guide configured to protrude outward from the roller at least during a sheet transition between the roller and the downstream guide, the transition guide being configured to prevent the sheet from entering a gap between the roller and the downstream guide when the sheet travels in the sheet conveyance direction from the reading position to an upstream end of the downstream guide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.