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Sheet conveying device and sheet processing apparatus

US6032949A · kind A · utility

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47Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 23, 1996
Grant dateMar 7, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 23, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S271/902
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a sheet conveying device, sheets having of various width sizes can be adjusted to sheet conveyance reference of a regulating device without moving the regulating device in the lateral direction of a sheet. An image forming apparatus uses two kinds or sheets of different width sizes (the LTR-size and the A4-size). The regulating device is fixed to a position where an LTR-size sheet can be regulated. When performing switchback conveyance of an A4-size sheet, switchback conveying devices convey the sheet while moving it toward the sheet conveyance reference of the regulating device by a predetermined amount.

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