Sheet transport device and image forming apparatus
US9751708B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 26, 2015 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2404/66
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sheet transport device includes a transport path along which a sheet is transported in one direction, the sheet being transported with a corner at a leading end of the sheet being located on a first lateral side of the path, a sheet rotating section that rotates the sheet so as to increase an angle of the sheet and so as to orient the leading end, a sheet moving section that moves the sheet toward the first lateral side, and plural sheet butting portions that are arranged side-by-side in the one direction, on the first lateral side, the sheet butting portions allowing the moved sheet to be butted thereagainst to orient the sheet in the one direction. When the sheet is butted against the sheet butting portions to be oriented in the one direction, the corner is located at a position where no sheet butting portions are provided.
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