Sheet conveying device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Shingai
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Abstract
A sheet conveying device of an aspect of the invention includes: a conveying path that allows a sheet to be conveyed and includes a first guide face and a second guide face opposing and apart from each other at a predetermined interval; a sheet conveying unit disposed on the conveying path; and a first detecting unit and a second detecting unit arranged opposing each other across the conveying path. Each of the first and second detecting unit includes: an arm member rotatably supported to take a posture where the arm member projected from the guide face to the conveying path and a posture where the arm member is retracted from the conveying path by rotating toward the guide face; and a first sensor that outputs a signal depending on the posture of the arm member.
Claims14
A sheet conveying device comprising:
- a conveying path that allows a sheet to be conveyed and includes a first guide face and a second guide face opposing and apart from each other at a predetermined interval;
- a sheet conveying unit disposed on the conveying path;
- a first detecting unit and a second detecting unit arranged opposing each other across the conveying path,
- wherein the first detecting unit includes:
- a first arm member rotatably supported to take a first posture where the first arm member is projected from the first guide face to the conveying path and a second posture where the second arm member is retracted from the conveying path by rotating toward the first guide face;
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- a first sensor that outputs a signal depending on the first posture or the second posture of the first arm member, and
- wherein the second detecting unit includes:
- a second arm member rotatably supported to take a third posture where the second arm member is projected from the second guide face to the conveying path and a fourth posture where the second arm member is retracted from the conveying path by rotating toward the second guide face;
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- a second sensor that outputs a signal depending on the third posture or the fourth posture of the second arm member;
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- an image processing unit disposed downstream of the first detecting unit and the second detecting unit on the conveying path and configured to perform a predetermined image processing to the sheet to be conveyed;
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- a control unit configured to control an operation of the image processing unit based on the detection results of the first detecting unit and the second detecting unit.
A sheet conveying device comprising:
- a conveying path that allows a sheet to be conveyed and includes a first guide face and a second guide face opposing and apart from each other at a predetermined interval;
- a sheet conveying means disposed on the conveying path;
- a first detecting means and a second detecting means arranged opposing each other across the conveying path,
- wherein the first detecting means includes:
- a first arm member rotatably supported to take a first posture where the first arm member is projected from the first guide face to the conveying path and a second posture where the second arm member is retracted from the conveying path by rotating toward the first guide face;
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- a first sensor that outputs a signal depending on the first posture or the second posture of the first arm member, and
- wherein the second detecting means includes:
- a second arm member rotatably supported to take a third posture where the second arm member is projected from the second guide face to the conveying path and a fourth posture where the second arm member is retracted from the conveying path by rotating toward the second guide face;
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- a second sensor that outputs a signal depending on the third posture or the fourth posture of the second arm member;
- image processing means, disposed downstream of the first detecting unit and the second detecting unit on the conveying path, for performing a predetermined image processing to the sheet to be conveyed;
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- control means for controlling an operation of the image processing unit based on the detection results of the first detecting unit and the second detecting unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.