Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoji Oya, Satoshi Tsuda
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes a third pivoting guide member located between a first pivoting guide member on a side of fixed guide members and a second pivoting guide member on a side of an opening/closing member. In a state in which an upstream conveying path and a re-conveying path are formed, the first pivoting guide member pivots toward the third pivoting guide member to expand the upstream conveying path when pushed by a sheet conveyed from the upstream conveying path, and the third pivoting guide member pivots toward the first pivoting guide member to expand the re-conveying path when pushed by a sheet conveyed from the re-conveying path.
Claims9
A sheet conveying device comprising:
- a device body;
- an opening/closing member supported to open and close relative to the device body;
- a conveyance merging part where sheets conveyed from different directions join;
- at least a first sheet conveying path and a second sheet conveying path configured to convey sheets to the conveyance merging part;
- a fixed guide member fixed to the device body;
- a first pivoting guide member supported pivotally on a common axis between the fixed guide member and the opening/closing member and disposed on a side of the fixed guide member;
- a second pivoting guide member supported pivotally on the common axis between the fixed guide member and the opening/closing member and disposed on a side of the opening/closing member;
- and
- a third pivoting guide member supported pivotally on the common axis between the fixed guide member and the opening/closing member and located between the first pivoting guide member and the second pivoting guide member,
- wherein, in a state in which the first and second sheet conveying paths are formed, the first pivoting guide member pivots toward the third pivoting guide member to expand the first sheet conveying path when pushed by a sheet conveyed from the first sheet conveying path, and the third pivoting guide member pivots toward the first pivoting guide member to expand the second sheet conveying path when pushed by a sheet conveyed from the second sheet conveying path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.