Sheet guiding device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet guiding device

#This patent application is based on and claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) to Japanese Patent Application No. 2019-141811, filed on Jul. 31, 2019, in the Japan Patent Office, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

#This disclosure relates to a sheet guiding device and an image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet guiding device.

#Various types of sheet guiding devices are known to include a cover unit openably attached to a housing of an image forming apparatus and a swing guide to swing between a guide position at which the swing guide guides a sheet and a retracted position at which the swing guide is retracted from the guide position, where the sheet guiding device swings the swing guide from the retracted position to the guide position along with movement of the cover unit to close the cover unit.

#An exemplary embodiment of this disclosure will be described in detail based on the following figured, wherein:

#FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of this disclosure;

#FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram of the image forming apparatus;

#The accompanying drawings are intended to depict embodiments of the present disclosure and should not be interpreted to limit the scope thereof. The accompanying drawings are not to be considered as drawn to scale unless explicitly noted.

#It will be understood that if an element or layer is referred to as being “on,” “against,” “connected to” or “coupled to” another element or layer, then it can be directly on, against, connected or coupled to the other element or layer, or intervening elements or layers may be present. In contrast, if an element is referred to as being “directly on,” “directly connected to” or “directly coupled to” another element or layer, then there are no intervening elements or layers present. Like numbers referred to like elements throughout. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

#Spatially relative terms, such as “beneath,” “below,” “lower,” “above,” “upper” and the like may be used herein for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element(s) or feature(s) as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements describes as “below” or “beneath” other elements or features would then be oriented “above” the other elements or features. Thus, term such as “below” can encompass both an orientation of above and below. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors herein interpreted accordingly.