Medium conveying apparatus
AssigneePfu Limited
InventorNorifumi Tonami
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Abstract
A medium conveying apparatus includes a tray, and a side guide in which a side guide surface opposing to an end face of a medium placed on the tray is formed, wherein the side guide includes a side guide main body that is supported by the tray, and a movable member that is supported by the side guide main body so as to be stored and expanded, a height of the movable member relative to the tray is equal to a first height that is higher than a height of the side guide main body relative to the tray when the movable member is expanded, and is equal to a second height that is lower than the first height when the movable member is stored, and a notch is formed on the movable member such that a depression is formed on the side guide surface when the movable member is expanded.
Claims9
A medium conveying apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- a tray that is rotatably supported by the main body;
- and
- a side guide on which a side guide surface opposing to an end face of a medium placed on the tray is formed, wherein
- the side guide includes
- a side guide main body that is supported by the tray, and
- a movable member that is rotatably supported by the side guide main body so as to be stored and expanded,
- a notch is formed on the movable member such that a depression is formed on the side guide surface when the movable member is expanded,
- a height of an end portion on an upstream side of the movable member relative to the tray is higher than a height of an end portion on a downstream side of the side guide main body relative to the tray when the movable member is extended,
- the movable member includes
- a supporting portion that is rotatably supported by the side guide main body, and
- a protrusion portion that is fixed to the supporting portion,
- an inside notch side guide surface opposing to the end face formed on the supporting portion, and
- the notch is formed as a result of the protrusion portion protruding from the inside notch side guide surface.
A medium conveying apparatus comprising:
- a tray that is rotatably supported by a main body so as to be stored and expanded;
- a side guide on which a side guide surface opposing to an end face of a medium placed on the tray is formed, wherein the side guide includes:
- a side guide main body that is supported by the tray;
- and
- a movable member that is supported by the side guide main body so as to be stored and expanded;
- a lifting member that is rotatably supported by the side guide main body;
- and
- an elastic member that applies an elastic force to the lifting member such that the lifting member is expanded,
- wherein a height of the movable member relative to the tray is i) equal to a first height that is higher than a height of the side guide main body relative to the tray when the movable member is expanded, and ii) equal to a second height that is lower than the first height when the movable member is stored,
- wherein a notch is formed on the movable member such that a depression is formed on the side guide surface when the movable member is expanded,
- wherein the movable member includes:
- a supporting portion that is rotatably supported by the side guide main body;
- and
- a protrusion portion that is fixed to the supporting portion,
- wherein an inside notch side guide surface opposing to the end face is formed on the supporting portion,
- wherein the notch is formed as a result of the protrusion portion protruding from the inside notch side guide surface,
- wherein a placement surface of the tray opposing to the medium opposes to the main body when the tray is stored,
- wherein the movable member is i) expanded, when the lifting member is expanded, as a result of the lifting member lifting the supporting portion, and ii) stored, when the tray is stored, as a result of the protrusion portion coming into contact with the main body,
- wherein the lifting member is stored against the elastic force, when the movable member is stored, as a result of the supporting portion pushing down the lifting member, and
- wherein another side guide surface that is along a plane which the side guide surface is along is formed on the lifting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.