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US 8,509,672 B2Granted
Sheet transport apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorDaisuke Kozaki
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Abstract
A sheet transport apparatus including two or more covers is described. The two or more covers are disposed relative to a sheet transport path. In one example, the two covers include two stacked covers that are movable relative to each other. In another example, the two covers include two side-by-side covers in which one pivots, permitting movement of the other side-by-side cover.
Claims20
A sheet transport apparatus comprising:
- a main body including a transport mechanism that transports a sheet along a predetermined transport path;
- a first stacked cover that is pivotably supported so as to be openable and closable relative to the main body;
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- a second stacked cover that is removably attached to an outer surface of the first stacked cover, wherein the second stacked cover is removably attached to the outer surface of the first stacked cover by being configured to be slid relative to the first stacked cover, and
- wherein the second stacked cover is configured to be slid relative to the first stacked cover when the first stacked cover is opened relative to the main body and the second stacked cover is configured to be restricted from being removed relative to the first stacked cover when the first stacked cover is closed relative to the main body.
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A sheet transport apparatus comprising:
- a main body comprising a transport mechanism that transports a sheet along a predetermined transport path;
- a first side-by-side cover that is removably attached to the main body, the first side-by-side cover configured to be slid by a predetermined amount relative to the main body;
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- a second side-by-side cover that is pivotably attached to the main body such that at a first position the second side-by-side cover forms a part of an upper surface of the sheet transport apparatus that is adjacent to the first side-by-side cover, the second side-by-side cover including:
- an edge closest to the first side-by-side cover when the second side-by-side cover is in the first position;
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- wherein the first side-by-side cover is configured to be restricted from being moved relative to the main body when the second side-by-side cover is at the first position and the first side-by-side cover is configured to be movable when the second side-by-side cover is pivoted away from the first position,
- wherein the second side-by-side cover is configured to be pivotable relative to the main body so that the edge of the second side-by-side cover is movable in a direction away from the first side-by-side cover when the second side-by-side cover pivots away from the first position.
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A sheet transport apparatus comprising:
- a main body including a transport path;
- first and second stacked covers disposed on a first side of the transport path relative to the main body, the first and second stacked covers configured to be removable from each other via interaction with a first engagement mechanism;
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- first and second side-by-side covers disposed on a second side of the transport path relative to the main body, one of the first and second side-by-side covers configured to be removable from the main body via interaction with a second engagement mechanism;
- wherein the interaction with the first engagement mechanism is different from the interaction with the second engagement mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.