Sheet conveying device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKatsuro Miura, Yoshinori Osakabe
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Abstract
An image scanning device includes a scanning unit configured to scan, at a scanning position, an image of a document, a first discharge portion, a second discharge portion, a conveying unit configured to selectively convey the document along a first conveying path from the scanning position to the first discharge portion, and along a second conveying path from the scanning position to the second discharge portion, a driving unit configured to generate a driving force for driving the conveying unit, and a cover member configured to receive the driving force generated by the driving unit such that the cover member moves between a closed position for covering the second discharge portion and an open position for exposing the second discharge portion.
Claims19
A sheet conveying device comprising:
- a housing having a discharge opening;
- a sheet feeder configured to feed a sheet;
- a processing unit configured to perform predetermined processing to the sheet fed by the sheet feeder;
- a conveying unit configured to convey the sheet having undergone the predetermined processing and discharge the sheet in a discharge direction through the discharge opening;
- a cover member movable, relative to the housing, between a closed position in which the cover member covers the discharge opening and an open position in which the cover member exposes the discharge opening;
- a motor configured to generate a driving force;
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- a transmitting mechanism changeable between a first state and a second state and configured to:
- when the transmitting mechanism is in the first state, transmit the driving force from the motor to the conveying unit and cut transmission of the driving force from the motor to the cover member, and
- when the transmitting mechanism is in the second state, transmit the driving force from the motor to the cover member and cut transmission of the driving force from the motor to the conveying unit, such that the cover member moves from the closed position to the open position.
A sheet conveying device comprising:
- a housing having a discharge opening;
- a sheet feeder configured to feed a sheet;
- a processing unit configured to perform predetermined processing to the sheet fed by the sheet feeder;
- a conveying unit configured to convey the sheet having undergone the predetermined processing and discharge the sheet in a discharge direction through the discharge opening;
- a discharged-sheet support movable between a retracted position in which the discharged-sheet support is unable to support the discharged sheet and an extended position in which the discharged-sheet support is extended in the discharge direction relative to the retracted position and able to support the discharged sheet;
- a motor configured to generate a driving force;
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- a transmitting mechanism changeable between a first state and a second state and configured to:
- when the transmitting mechanism is in the first state, transmit the driving force from the motor to the conveying unit and cut transmission of the driving force from the motor to the discharged-sheet support, and
- when the transmitting mechanism is in the second state, transmit the driving force from the motor to the discharged-sheet support and cut transmission of the driving force from the motor to the conveying unit, such that the discharged-sheet support is configured to move from the retracted position to the extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.