Medium conveyance device and image reading device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShinya KAWABATA
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Abstract
A medium conveyance device includes a first roller pair and a second roller pair for conveying a medium, a curved path from the first roller pair to the second roller pair, an outer path forming member that forms an outer side of the curved path, an inner path forming member that forms an inner side of the curved path, and at least one flexible guide member that guides the medium in the curved path, one end of the guide member is a fixed end provided at the outer path forming member, the other end of the guide member is a free end located downstream of the fixed end in a conveyance direction, and the inner path forming member has a convex portion that protrudes toward the guide member at a position facing the guide member.
Claims8
A medium conveyance device including a medium conveyance path for conveying a medium in a conveyance direction, the medium conveyance device comprising:
- a first roller pair that conveys the medium;
- a second roller pair that is provided downstream of the first roller pair in the conveyance direction and conveys the medium;
- a curved path that is a path portion of the medium conveyance path from the first roller pair to the second roller pair and is curved;
- an outer path forming member that forms an outer side of the curved path;
- an inner path forming member that forms an inner side of the curved path;
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- at least one guide member that guides the medium in the curved path and is flexible, wherein
- one end of the guide member is a fixed end provided on the outer path forming member, and the other end of the guide member is a free end located downstream of the fixed end in the conveyance direction, and
- the inner path forming member has a convex portion that protrudes toward the guide member at a position facing the guide member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.