US 12,006,177 B2Granted

Medium conveying apparatus including guide mechanism swingably supported about two axes

AssigneePfu Limited

InventorShinya Orita

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Abstract

A medium conveying apparatus includes medium conveying apparatus includes a housing including a locking portion, a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion, a feed roller, a separation roller located to face the feed roller, and a guide mechanism including a locked portion locked with the locking portion, a first shaft portion supported by the first supporting portion, a second shaft portion supported by the second supporting portion, and a conveyance guide portion to regulate a medium fed between the feed roller and the separation roller. The guide mechanism is swingably supported by the housing about the first shaft portion in a state where the locked portion is locked with the locking portion. The guide mechanism is swingably supported by the housing about the second shaft portion in a state where a locking of the locking portion and the locked portion is released.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A medium conveying apparatus comprising:

a housing including a locking portion, a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion;
a feed roller;
a separation roller located to face the feed roller;
and
a guide mechanism including a first shaft portion supported by the first supporting portion, and a second shaft portion supported by the second supporting portion to be locked with the locking portion, and regulate a medium fed between the feed roller and the separation roller, wherein
the guide mechanism is supported by the housing in such a way as to be able to swing in a first direction about the first shaft portion in a state where the guide mechanism is locked with the locking portion, and wherein
the guide mechanism is supported by the housing in such a way as to be able to swing in a second direction opposite to the first direction about the second shaft portion in a state where a locking of the locking portion and the guide mechanism is released.

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Facts

Application: 17/450,946Filed 14 Oct 2021
Priority: JP 2020-19861930 Nov 2020
Published: US 2022/0169456 A12 Jun 2022
Granted: 11 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

B65H 3/06
Using friction forces between articles and separator: rollers or like rotary separators
B65H 3/0607
Rollers or like rotary separators: cooperating with means for automatically separating the pile from roller or rotary separator after a separation…
B65H 3/0623
Rollers or like rotary separators: acting at least during a part of each separation cycle on the articles in a direction opposite to the final…
B65H 3/66
Separating articles from piles: article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation