Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conveying apparatus
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Application No.: US16152545Application Date: 2018-10-05
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Publication No.: US10647537B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Kenichi Hirata , Shougo Sato
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6792a9b3
- Main IPC: B65H29/60
- IPC: B65H29/60 ; B41J13/00 ; B41J13/10 ; G03G15/00 ; H04N1/00 ; B65H29/52 ; B65H31/24 ; B65H85/00 ; B65H29/58

Abstract:
A conveying apparatus, including: a conveyor mechanism; a housing; a first tray configured to receive a medium conveyed by the conveyor mechanism; an image reader disposed above the first tray, wherein a first discharge opening for discharging the medium outside the housing is formed in an upper surface of the housing so as not to overlap the image reader when viewed from above, and wherein the conveying apparatus further includes: a switcher for switching a destination of the medium selectively between the first tray and the first discharge opening; and a tray unit removably mountable on the upper surface of the housing and including a first introduction opening opposed to the first discharge opening, a second conveyance path for conveying the medium passed the first discharge opening and the first introduction opening, and at least one second tray for receiving the medium conveyed through the second conveyance path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190127172A1 CONVEYING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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