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US 2014/0210159 A1Published application
Medium carrying device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorTakashi KOBAYASHI
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Abstract
A medium carrying device includes an apparatus body, medium guide unit that is detachable with respect to the apparatus body, a carrying roller that is disposed in the apparatus body, and is configured to rotate to carry a print medium passing through the medium guide unit, and a driven roller that is disposed in the medium guide unit at a position corresponding to the carrying roller in a contacting manner so that the driven roller rotates in accordance with a rotation of the carrying roller.
Claims17
A medium carrying device, comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a medium guide unit that is detachable with respect to the apparatus body;
- a carrying roller that is disposed in the apparatus body, and is configured to rotate to carry a print medium passing through the medium guide unit;
- and
- a driven roller that is disposed in the medium guide unit at a position corresponding to the carrying roller in a contacting manner so that the driven roller rotates in accordance with a rotation of the carrying roller.
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A medium carrying device, comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a medium guide unit that is detachable with respect to the apparatus body and includes;
- a first guide member guiding a print medium, and
- a second guide member swingably attached to the first guide member;
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- a unit lead part that is configured to create a gap between the first and second guide members when the medium guide unit is fully fit in the apparatus body, and that is configured to narrow the gap, compared to a condition under the medium guide unit is fully fit in the apparatus body, while the medium guide unit is being pulled out and being inserted into the apparatus body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.