# US 9,434,564 B2 · Sheet transporting member, sheet transporting device, and image forming apparatus

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- Number: US 9,434,564 B2
- Document ID: US9434564B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/520,666
- Filed: 2014-10-22
- Published: 2015-09-17
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-03-13
- Assignees: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Tomohiro Yokoyama
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434564B2

## CPC

- B65H 5/062: {between rollers or balls}
- B65H 3/5207: {Non-driven retainers, e.g. movable retainers being moved by the motion of the article}
- B65H 2402/10: Modular constructions, e.g. using preformed elements or profiles
- B65H 2402/441: movable for facilitating access to area inside the housing, e.g. pivoting or sliding
- B65H 2402/51: Joints, e.g. riveted or magnetic joints
- B65H 2404/1342: Built-up, i.e. arrangement for mounting axle element on roller body
- B65H 2404/135: Body
- B65H 2404/611: arranged to form a channel
- B65H 2601/324: Removability or inter-changeability of machine parts, e.g. for maintenance
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

## Abstract

Provided is a sheet transporting member including a shaft portion that includes a first shaft portion rotated by receiving a driving force on one end side and a second shaft portion of which one end is pivotably connected to the first shaft portion on the other end side of the first shaft portion, a covering member that is changed over between a first posture in which the covering member covers a connecting portion to which the second shaft portion is pivotably connected so as to allow the second shaft portion to stop pivoting, and a second posture in which the covering member does not cover the connecting portion, and a roller portion that is provided on the shaft portion and comes into contact with a sheet to transport the sheet.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A sheet transporting member comprising:
a shaft portion that includes a first shaft portion rotated by receiving a driving force on one end side and a second shaft portion of which one end is pivotably connected to the first shaft portion on the other end side of the first shaft portion;
a covering member that is changed over between a first posture in which the covering member covers a connecting portion to which the first shaft portion and second shaft portion are pivotably connected so as to allow the second shaft portion to stop pivoting, and a second posture in which the covering member is rotatably supported on the second shaft portion and does not cover the connecting portion; and
a roller portion that is provided on the shaft portion and comes into contact with a sheet to transport the sheet,
wherein in the connecting portion, a cutout portion formed in the other end side of the first shaft portion and a convex portion formed in one end of the second shaft portion are fitted to each other, and are pivotably connected to each other.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The sheet transporting member according to claim 1,
wherein the first posture and the second posture of the covering member are changed over by moving the covering member in an axial direction of the first shaft portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A sheet transporting device comprising:
the sheet transporting member according to claim 1; and
a driving source that applies a rotational driving force to the one end side of the first shaft portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

An image forming apparatus comprising:
the sheet transporting device according to claim 3; and
an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium transported by the sheet transporting device.