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Sheet transport device, image reading device, and image forming apparatus

US11993473B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 14, 2019
Grant dateMay 28, 2024
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00561
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet transport device includes a sheet load tray on which a sheet is loaded, a side-edge positioning unit, and a regulating unit. The side-edge positioning unit comes into contact with a side edge of the sheet in a direction intersecting a sheet transport direction at an upper surface of the sheet load tray and positions the side edge of the sheet to a normal position. The regulating unit is provided in a rotatable manner about a rotation shaft at a lower surface of the sheet load tray and regulates an output position of the sheet by rotating a stopper of the regulating unit to a position where the stopper is capable of colliding with a downstream edge of the sheet to be output in an output direction when the side-edge positioning unit moves to a position corresponding to a minimum width of the sheet.

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