Sheet conveying apparatus, image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakuya Yamaguchi
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Abstract
Disclosed is a sheet conveying apparatus including an opening and closing member rotatable; a rotating member provided on the opening and closing member and which is rotatable by a sheet; and an assist member which is provided on the opening and closing member, and is at a first position when the opening and closing member is at the closed position, and is at a second position when the opening and closing member is at the open position, wherein the assist member urges the rotating member toward the opening and closing member side when the assist member is at the second position.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- an opening and closing member configured to be rotatable and configured to be located at a closed position and an open position;
- a rotating member rotatablely provided on the opening and closing member and configured to be rotatable by a sheet;
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- an assist member provided on the opening and closing member, the assist member being configured to be located at a first position when the opening and closing member is located at the closed position and configured to be located at a second position when the opening and closing member is located at the open position, wherein the assist member is configured to be displaceable from the first position to the second position by a weight of the assist member with a rotation of the opening and closing member from the close position toward the open position,
- wherein the assist member is configured to urge the rotating member toward a side of the opening and closing member when the assist member is located at the second position.
An image reading apparatus which reads an image of a sheet, comprising:
- an opening and closing member configured to be rotatable and configured to be located at a closed position and an open position;
- a rotating member rotatablely provided on the opening and closing member and configured to be rotatable by the sheet;
- an assist member provided on the opening and closing member, the assist member being configured to be located at a first position when the opening and closing member is located at the closed position and configured to be located at a second position when the opening and closing member is located at the open position, wherein the assist member is configured to be displaceable from the first position to the second position by a weight of the assist member with a rotation of the opening and closing member from the close position toward the open position;
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- a reading portion configured to read an image formed on a sheet,
- wherein the assist member is configured to urge the rotating member toward a side of the opening and closing member when the assist member is located at the second position.
An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a sheet, comprising:
- an opening and closing member configured to be rotatable and configured to be located at a closed position and an open position;
- a rotating member rotatablely provided on the opening and closing member and configured to be rotatable by a sheet;
- an assist member provided on the opening and closing member, the assist member being configured to be located at a first position when the opening and closing member is located at the closed position and configured to be located at a second position when the opening and closing member is located at the open position, wherein the assist member is configured to be displaceable from the first position to the second position by a weight of the assist member with a rotation of the opening and closing member from the close position toward the open position;
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- an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet,
- wherein the assist member is configured to urge the rotating member toward a side of the opening and closing member when the assist member is located at the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.