Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Document-sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 文件输送装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14217575Application Date: 2014-03-18
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Publication No.: US08985569B2Publication Date: 2015-03-24
- Inventor: Kenji Takayama
- Applicant: Kenji Takayama
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2013-062282 20130325
- Main IPC: B65H5/22
- IPC: B65H5/22 ; B65H83/00 ; B65H85/00 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
A document conveyance device includes: a reader reading a document-sheet passing on a contact glass; a white plate being placed opposite to the contact glass; a first conveyance roller and a first driven roller placed upstream of the reader in a sheet conveying direction; a second conveyance roller and a second driven roller placed downstream of the reader in the sheet conveying direction; a holding member configured to hold rotatably the first and second driven roller; a spacer configured to support the holding member and include one or more of support planes different in height; wherein a support plane selected from the one or more support planes in accordance with a thickness of the document-sheet is moved manually to support the holding member, and the white plate is configured to lift upward from the contact glass plate by a forehead of the sheet passing through the contact glass plate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140284865A1 DOCUMENT-SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-09-25
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