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US 12,577,077 B2Granted
Sheet remover, conveying device, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorRyuunosuke Minegishi
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Abstract
A sheet remover includes a pair of insertion-part formers and a pair of through-part formers. The pair of insertion-part formers forms an insertion part between the pair of insertion-part formers into which a sheet is inserted. At least one of the pair of insertion-part formers includes an inclined portion inclined in a direction in which a width of the insertion part in a thickness direction of the sheet decreases in a sheet insertion direction in which the sheet is inserted. The pair of through-part formers forms a through part between the pair of through-part formers through which the sheet is inserted. The through part is located downstream from the insertion part in the sheet insertion direction.
Claims13
A sheet remover comprising:
- a pair of insertion-part formers forming an insertion part between the pair of insertion-part formers into which a sheet is inserted,
- at least one of the pair of insertion-part formers including an inclined portion inclined in a direction in which a width of the insertion part in a thickness direction of the sheet decreases in a sheet insertion direction in which the sheet is inserted, wherein the inclined portion is located at an upstream end of the sheet remover in the sheet insertion direction;
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- a pair of through-part formers forming a through part between the pair of through-part formers through which the sheet is inserted, the through part being located downstream from the insertion part in the sheet insertion direction, wherein the pair of through-part formers are parallel to each other,
- wherein at least one of the pair of insertion-part formers includes a widthwise inclined portion at an end in a width direction of the at least one of the pair of insertion-part formers,
- wherein the widthwise inclined portion is inclined in a direction in which a width of the at least one of the pair of insertion-part formers increases in the sheet insertion direction, and
- wherein the at least one of the pair of insertion-part formers includes a downstream widthwise inclined portion in the sheet insertion direction as the widthwise inclined portion at a position where the at least one of the pair of insertion-part formers faces at least one of the pair of through-part formers.
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A sheet remover comprising:
- a pair of insertion-part formers forming an insertion part between the pair of insertion-part formers into which a sheet is inserted,
- at least one of the pair of insertion-part formers including an inclined portion inclined in a direction in which a width of the insertion part in a thickness direction of the sheet decreases in a sheet insertion direction in which the sheet is inserted, wherein the inclined portion is located at an upstream end of the sheet remover in the sheet insertion direction;
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- a pair of through-part formers forming a through part between the pair of through-part formers through which the sheet is inserted, the through part being located downstream from the insertion part in the sheet insertion direction, wherein the pair of through-part formers are parallel to each other,
- wherein the at least one of the pair of insertion-part formers includes a downstream inclined portion downstream from the inclined portion in the sheet insertion direction, and
- wherein the downstream inclined portion has an angle of inclination greater than an angle of inclination of the inclined portion and decreases the width of the insertion part in the thickness direction of the sheet.
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A sheet remover comprising:
- a pair of insertion-part formers forming an insertion part between the pair of insertion-part formers into which a sheet is inserted,
- at least one of the pair of insertion-part formers including an inclined portion inclined in a direction in which a width of the insertion part in a thickness direction of the sheet decreases in a sheet insertion direction in which the sheet is inserted, wherein the inclined portion is located at an upstream end of the sheet remover in the sheet insertion direction;
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- a pair of through-part formers forming a through part between the pair of through-part formers through which the sheet is inserted, the through part being located downstream from the insertion part in the sheet insertion direction, wherein the pair of through-part formers are parallel to each other,
- wherein the at least one of the pair of insertion-part formers includes an upstream end in the sheet insertion direction, and the upstream end has a flat edge section in a middle of a width direction, and a curved portions at each of two corners of the upstream end in the width direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.