Sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorJunpei KAMICHI
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Abstract
A sheet conveyance device includes a conveyance roller to convey a sheet, an ejection roller to eject the sheet from the sheet conveyance device, a conveyance relay roller disposed between the conveyance roller and the ejection roller, a driven roller disposed in contact with the conveyance relay roller to form a nip, and an openable portion to open and close relative to a housing of the sheet conveyance device. A pivotable roller holder to pivot relative to openable portion is attached to the openable portion. The pivotable roller holder holds the conveyance relay roller and the driven roller to maintain a nip pressure between the conveyance relay roller and the driven roller when the openable portion is opened.
Claims8
A sheet conveyance device comprising:
- a conveyance roller to convey a sheet;
- an ejection roller to eject the sheet from the sheet conveyance device;
- a conveyance relay roller disposed between the conveyance roller and the ejection roller;
- a driven roller disposed in contact with the conveyance relay roller to form a nip;
- an openable portion to open and close relative to a housing of the sheet conveyance device;
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- a pivotable roller holder attached to the openable portion, the pivotable roller holder to pivot relative to openable portion and hold the conveyance relay roller and the driven roller to maintain a nip pressure between the conveyance relay roller and the driven roller when the openable portion is opened.
A sheet conveyance device comprising:
- a conveyance roller to convey a sheet;
- an ejection roller to eject the sheet from the sheet conveyance device;
- a conveyance relay roller disposed between the conveyance roller and the ejection roller;
- a driven roller disposed in contact with the conveyance relay roller to form a nip;
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- an opposing roller disposed in contact with the ejection roller to form an ejection nip,
- wherein a nip pressure between the conveyance relay roller and the driven roller is weaker than a nip pressure of the ejection nip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.