Sheet conveying apparatus, printing apparatus, and processing apparatus
US8807556B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2515/81
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Even in printing apparatus that make use of a plurality of kinds of sheets, the degradation of image quality is reduced. A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a sheet stacking unit; a sheet conveying unit being in contact with the sheet stacked on an uppermost portion, of the stacked sheets, and conveying the sheet; a separation unit separating the sheets into only one sheet of the uppermost portion by a separation slope that abuts a tip portion of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; and a guide unit connected to the separation unit and guiding the sheet, in which an angle between the sheet stacking unit and the separation slope is switched to a first angle and a second angle smaller than the first angle by a rotation center of the separation unit provided in a vicinity of a connection portion of the separation unit and the guide unit.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.