Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorTomohisa Soda
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Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes a conveyance belt, an air intake portion, and a charging member. The conveyance belt has a sheet placing surface on which a sheet is placed and a plurality of belt openings penetrating the sheet placing surface, and conveys the sheet placed on the sheet placing surface. The air intake portion draws air from a side of a back surface opposite to the sheet placing surface through the belt openings. The charging member has a surface which is shaped in such a manner as to contact the sheet placing surface while avoiding the belt openings and charges the sheet placing surface.
Claims15
A sheet conveying device comprising:
- a conveyance belt having a sheet placing surface on which a sheet is placed and a plurality of belt openings penetrating the sheet placing surface, the conveyance belt being configured to convey the sheet placed on the sheet placing surface;
- an air intake portion configured to draw air from a side of a back surface opposite to the sheet placing surface through the belt openings;
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- a charging member having a surface which is shaped in such a manner as to contact the sheet placing surface while avoiding the belt openings, the charging member being configured to charge the sheet placing surface.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a sheet conveying device including:
- a conveyance belt having a sheet placing surface on which a sheet is placed and a plurality of belt openings penetrating the sheet placing surface, the conveyance belt being configured to convey the sheet placed on the sheet placing surface;
- an air intake portion configured to draw air from a side of a back surface opposite to the sheet placing surface through the belt openings;
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- a charging member having a surface which is shaped in such a manner as to contact the sheet placing surface while avoiding the belt openings, the charging member being configured to charge the sheet placing surface;
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- an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet being conveyed by the sheet conveying device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.