Sheet conveying device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorDaisuke KOZAKI
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Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes: a conveyor configured to convey a sheet; a cover configured to cover the conveyor; a guide spaced apart from the cover; and a movable member mounted on a first member which is one of the cover and the guide. The movable member is pivotable between a first position and a second position and located at the second position when the sheet is being conveyed. The movable member has a free end which is moved toward a second member while the movable member is being pivoted from the second position to the first position about a pivot center. The second member is another of the cover and the guide. The free end is contactable with the second member by an approach of the cover toward the guide when the movable member is located at the first position.
Claims16
A sheet conveying device, comprising:
- a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path in a conveying direction;
- a cover configured to cover the conveyor;
- a guide spaced apart from the cover, the conveyance path formed therebetween;
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- a movable member mounted on a first member which is one of the cover and the guide, the movable member being pivotable between a first position and a second position,
- the movable member located at the second position when the conveyor is conveying the sheet along the conveyance path,
- the movable member comprising a free end configured to be moved toward a second member while the movable member is being pivoted from the second position to the first position about a pivot center, the second member being another of the cover and the guide,
- the free end of the movable member configured to contact with the second member by an approach of the cover toward the guide when the movable member is located at the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.