Conveyance device and image forming device
US10171694B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0086
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A conveyance device that conveys paper through a conveyance path along a surface thereof includes: a conveyance guide that has a guide surface to be a wall surface on one side of the conveyance path, an opening being formed in the guide surface; a paper detection unit at least including a detection member, which is arranged in a space that communicates with the conveyance path through the opening, and configured to detect, with the detection member, a leading end of the paper that reaches the opening; and a movable body that brings the detection member into a retracted state, in which a main part thereof is covered from the space, after the leading end of the paper is detected.
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