Sheet conveying device and image recording apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshinori Osakabe, Takashi Kitagawa
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Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes: a housing in which a conveying path of a sheet is formed; a roller configured to convey the sheet by rotation; a motor arranged inside of the housing; a drive transmitter configured to transmit a drive force of the motor to the roller; a movement member including a guide part configured to guide the sheet and at least a part of the drive transmitter, the movement member being movable to a first position closing the inside of the housing with respect to an outside of the housing and a second position different from the first position; and a dust proofing part attached to a position filling a gap between the movement member located in the first position and the housing.
Claims12
A sheet conveying device comprising:
- a housing in which a conveying path of a sheet is formed, a front surface of the housing having a first opening and a rear surface of the housing having a second opening;
- a roller configured to convey the sheet by rotation;
- a motor arranged inside of the housing;
- a drive transmission configured to transmit a drive force of the motor to the roller;
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- a movement member comprising a guide configured to guide the sheet and at least a part of the drive transmission, the movement member being movable to a first position closing the inside of the housing with respect to an outside of the housing and a second position different from the first position, the movement member being configured to be attached and detached in a front and rear direction with respect to the housing, through the second opening;
- a feeding tray configured to be inserted and pulled out in the front and rear direction with respect to the housing, through the first opening, and
- a dust proofing material attached to the movement member and to a position filling a gap between the movement member located in the first position and the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.