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US 12,583,703 B2Granted
Sheet conveying device, automatic document feeder, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsKota Kawamoto, Yasunobu Youda
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Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes a housing, an opening unit, and a drive rotator. The opening unit is openably close the housing, the opening unit including a driven rotator including first driven rollers at each end regions of an axis of the driven rotator, and a second driven roller at a center region of the axis. The drive rotator forms a conveyance roller pair with the driven rotator to convey a sheet. The second driven roller has an outer diameter greater than each of the first driven rollers.
Claims11
A sheet conveying device comprising:
- a housing;
- an opening unit including a group of rotators to openably close the housing, the group of rotators to convey a sheet to a given position, wherein the group of rotators is opened to open a conveyance passage from a first position upstream of the given position to a second position downstream of the given position, the group of rotators including:
- a first driven rotator to convey the sheet to the given position, the first driven rotator including:
- first driven rollers at end region of an axis of the first driven rotator, the axis of the first driven roller being a first axis;
- and
- a second driven roller at a center region of the first axis,
- a second driven rotator to convey the sheet after the sheet passes through the given position, the second driven rotator including:
- third driven rollers at each end region of an axis of the second driven rotator, the axis of the third driven rollers being a second axis;
- and
- a fourth driven roller at a center region of the second axis;
- and
- a drive rotator to form a conveyance roller pair with the first driven rotator to convey the sheet,
- wherein the second driven roller has an outer diameter greater than each of the first driven rollers.
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