Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsYuya SHIMOHORA, Takehiro SATO, Kaori KATSUMOTO
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Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes a first roller, a second roller, and a pressing portion. The pressing portion includes a pressing member contacting the first roller from its side opposite from the second roller and a pressing urging member urging the pressing member toward the second roller. The first roller has a step portion formed in an outer circumferential part of it all over its circumference. The step portion has an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of a contact region with the second roller and is contacted by the pressing member.
Claims7
A sheet conveying device comprising:
- a first roller and a second roller that constitute a pair of conveying rollers rotatably disposed opposite each to convey a sheet;
- and
- at least one pressing portion that presses the first roller toward the second roller at a position inward of opposite end parts of the pair of conveying rollers along an axial direction, wherein
- the pressing portion includes:
- a pressing member that contacts the first roller from a side thereof opposite from the second roller;
- and
- a pressing urging member that urges the pressing member toward the second roller, and
- the first roller has a step portion that is formed in an outer circumferential part of the first roller all over a circumference thereof, the step portion having an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of a contact region with the second roller, the step portion being contacted by the pressing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.