Sheet conveying device, image reading device incorporating the sheet conveying device, image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveying device, and image forming system incorporating the sheet conveying device
US11442390B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2601/521
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes conveyance passage forming bodies to define a sheet conveyance passage, a nip forming body to form a conveying nip region in the sheet conveyance passage, and a flexible plate body having a support portion to be attached to another body and having a downstream-side end portion as a free end in a sheet conveying direction. The support portion of the flexible plate body is located on an upstream side in the sheet conveying direction with respect to the conveying nip region. The free end being located on a downstream side in the sheet conveying direction with respect to the conveying nip region.
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