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US 8,770,572 B2Granted
Conveying apparatus and image recording apparatus having the same
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuta Uchino
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Abstract
In a conveying apparatus, a support member supports a second guide member such that the second guide member is pivotable between a first position and a second position, a downstream-side edge of the second guide member in a sheet conveying direction being closer to a first guide member than to a fourth guide member when the second guide member is in a first position, the downstream-side edge of the second guide member being closer to the fourth guide member than to the first guide member when the second guide member is in the second position.
Claims11
A conveying apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a conveying roller configured to convey a sheet;
- a first guide member that is located at a downstream side of the conveying roller in a sheet conveying direction and that has a first guide part defining an inside of a curved path and configured to guide the sheet conveyed by the conveying roller;
- a second guide member that has a second guide part defining an outside of the curved path and configured to guide the sheet conveyed by the conveying roller, the second guide part being disposed opposing the first guide part;
- a third guide member defining a manual feed conveying path that converges from an outside of the housing into a downstream-side portion of the curved path in the sheet conveying direction and being configured to support a sheet inserted into the inside of the housing from the outside of the housing;
- a fourth guide member defining the manual feed conveying path and being disposed at a position opposing the third guide member and a downstream-side edge portion of the first guide member;
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- a support member configured to support the second guide member such that the second guide member is pivotable between a first position and a second position, a downstream side edge of the second guide member in the sheet conveying direction being closer to the first guide member than to the fourth guide member when the second guide member is in the first position, the downstream side edge of the second guide member being closer to the fourth guide member than to the first guide member when the second guide member is in the second position.
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A conveying apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a conveying roller configured to convey a sheet;
- an inner guide member located at a downstream side of the conveying roller in a sheet conveying direction and defining an inside of a curved path;
- an outer guide member located at a downstream side of the conveying roller in the sheet conveying direction and defining an outside of the curved path;
- a manual feed guide member defining a manual feed conveying path that converges from an outside of the housing into a downstream-side portion of the curved path in the sheet conveying direction;
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- a support member configured to support the outer guide member such that the outer guide member is pivotable between a first position and a second position, the outer guide member being configured to open the manual feed conveying path when the outer guide member is in the first position and being configured to close the manual feed conveying path when the outer guide member is in the second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.