Sheet transport device and image forming apparatus employing the same
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorTadahiro Kiyosumi
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Abstract
A sheet transport device comprises a sheet feeding path through which a sheet is transported, first and second elements which are located face to face with a particular point in the sheet feeding path and have first and second surfaces, respectively, constituting part of the sheet feeding path and arranged therealong, an interposed element disposed insertably into and withdrawably from a space formed between the first and second elements, and a discharge arrester disposed in first and second surfaces for providing protection against a discharge of static electricity from the sheet, the discharge arrester having a projecting part extending in a direction intersecting the sheet feeding path.
Claims15
A sheet transport device comprising:
- a sheet feeding path through which a sheet is transported;
- first and second elements which are located face to face with a particular point in said sheet feeding path and have first and second surfaces, respectively, constituting part of said sheet feeding path and arranged therealong;
- an interposed element disposed insertably into and withdrawably from a space formed between said first and second elements;
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- a discharge arrester disposed at least on the first and second surfaces for providing protection against a discharge of static electricity from the sheet,
- wherein said discharge arrester has a projecting part extending in a direction intersecting said sheet feeding path, and
- said projecting part is formed by bending an end of said discharge arrester toward said sheet feeding path and in a direction intersecting a sheet feeding direction along said sheet feeding path.
A sheet transport device comprising:
- a sheet feeding path defining a sheet feeding direction along which a sheet is transported;
- a sensor in proximity to the sheet feeding path and having first and second elements formed respectively with first and second surfaces facing the sheet feeding path and defining a part of the sheet feeding path;
- an interposed element insertable into and withdrawable from a space formed between said first and second elements;
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- a discharge arrester having first and second covering parts substantially covering the first and second surfaces of the sensor and facing toward the sheet feeding path and at least one projecting part extending from an end of at least one of the covering parts and projecting toward the sheet feeding path, the projecting part being aligned in a direction intersecting the sheet feeding direction and protecting the sensor against a discharge of static electricity from the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.