Sheet conveying path switching device used in image forming apparatus, and sheet conveying device
US7708276B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2404/632
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An easy-to-use, inexpensive, and small sheet conveying device, which can stably and separately convey not only sheets of a fixed size that are normally used, but also highly rigid sheets and special sheets, and can further separately convey a bent sheet reliably. In a sheet conveying path switching device having a sheet carrying-in path and a switching separating nail, outlines of two separating/conveying paths out of a plurality of separating/conveying paths positioned on a downstream side of the switching separating nail are configured by a movable belt surface, the two separating/conveying paths being located closer to the separating nail than the other separating/conveying paths.
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