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Sheet transporting device and image forming apparatus with regulating member and first transport member moving together

US8814161B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 2, 2011
Grant dateAug 26, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2801/06
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet transporting device includes a regulating member that is arranged so that an edge of a sheet is abutted against the regulating member while moving downstream in a transporting direction of the sheet, and a first transport member that transports the sheet toward the regulating member while moving downstream in the transporting direction, and that pushes the sheet against the regulating member while slipping on a surface of the sheet in a state where the sheet is abutted against the regulating member, wherein the regulating member and the first transport member moving together downstream in the transporting direction.

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