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SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS

  • US 20180118480A1
  • Filed: 09/01/2017
  • Published: 05/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sheet conveying apparatus, comprising:

  • a supporter comprising a support surface configured to support a plurality of sheets;

    a supplier comprising a supply roller rotatable about a rotation axis, the supply roller comprising an outer circumferential surface partly exposed from the support surface and configured to supply one or more sheets supported by the support surface toward a downstream side in a conveying direction along a conveyance path by rotating in contact with the one or more sheets supported by the support surface in a direction for supplying the one or more sheets in the conveying direction;

    a separator disposed downstream of the supplier in the conveying direction and configured to separate one by one the one or more sheets supplied by the supplier and convey the separated sheet toward the downstream side in the conveying direction;

    a stopper disposed upstream of the separator in the conveying direction and pivotable about a first axis that is located opposite to the rotation axis of the supply roller relative to the support surface, the stopper being movable between (i) a first position at which a distal end portion of the stopper extends to the support surface and intersects the conveyance path to restrict movement of leading edges of the plurality of sheets supported by the support surface and (ii) a second position at which the distal end portion is separated from the support surface and is located more downstream in the conveying direction than at the first position; and

    a stopper cam disposed upstream of the separator in the conveying direction and pivotable about a second axis that is located opposite to the first axis relative to the support surface, the stopper cam being movable between (a) a third position at which the stopper cam contacts the distal end portion of the stopper located at the first position from a downstream side in the conveying direction to restrict movement of the stopper toward the second position and (b) a fourth position at which the stopper cam is spaced apart from the distal end portion of the stopper located at the first position to allow movement of the stopper toward the second position,wherein the second axis is located upstream of the rotation axis of the supply roller in the conveying direction and farther from the support surface than the rotation axis.

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