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Replaceable unit, sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming device

US8006973B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 1, 2008
Grant dateAug 30, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 1, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/602
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A replaceable unit includes a feeding roller that feeds a sheet from a sheet accommodation portion that accommodates the sheet; a conveyance roller that conveys the sheet fed by the feeding roller downstream; a first frame body that supports the feeding roller and the conveyance roller so as to be rotatable; and a second frame body that supports the first frame body so as to be movable and is removably mounted at a position at which the feeding roller can touch against the sheet accommodated at the sheet accommodation portion.

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