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US 11,485,157 B2Granted
Conveyance device, application device, printer, and sheet conveyance apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsKazuhiro Shimojima, Isao Matsushima
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Abstract
A conveyance device includes a tray on an upper surface of the conveyance device and an upper guide below the tray. The tray receives a sheet, and the upper guide defines a conveyance path in which the sheet is conveyed. The upper guide is movable together with the tray to open the conveyance path.
Claims17
A conveyance device comprising:
- a tray on an upper surface of the conveyance device, the tray configured to receive sheets output from an opening in a device body of the conveyance device while being swingably open to access an upstream conveyance path;
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- a guide forming a plurality of conveyance paths, the guide including an upper guide and a lower guide, the plurality of conveyance paths including the upstream conveyance path, a portion of the upper guide associated with the upstream conveyance path being attached to an underside of the tray such that the upper guide is movable together with the tray swing open to separate the portion of the upper guide from a respective portion of the lower guide to open the upstream conveyance path to access the sheets held therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.