Invention Grant
US09039006B2 Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with the same
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纸张输送装置及具备该纸张输送装置的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with the same
- Patent Title (中): 纸张输送装置及具备该纸张输送装置的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14032058Application Date: 2013-09-19
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Publication No.: US09039006B2Publication Date: 2015-05-26
- Inventor: Yoshiyuki Asakawa
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Agency: Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JP2012-207900 20120921
- Main IPC: B65H5/38
- IPC: B65H5/38 ; B65H3/14 ; B65H5/36 ; B65H3/66 ; B65H1/12 ; B65H1/26 ; B65H3/06 ; B65H3/68 ; B65H5/06

Abstract:
A sheet conveyance apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes frame, sheet stack portion, sheet stacking plate, feeding portion, conveyance portion, conveyance guide member, blower fan, air duct, and blowing control portion. Feeding portion feeds sheet stacked on sheet stacking plate. Conveyance portion is provided on downstream side in sheet conveyance direction relative to feeding portion. Conveyance guide member is provided on downstream side in sheet conveyance direction relative to feeding portion, and spaced from feeding portion by predetermined gap, and has guide surface to support lower surface of sheet fed by feeding portion and guide sheet downstream in sheet conveyance direction. An end portion of guide surface on upstream side in sheet conveyance direction is positioned lower than feeding position. Air duct blows air sent from blower fan, toward gap, from position lower than the gap. Blowing control portion controls blowing of air from air duct.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140084532A1 SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME Public/Granted day:2014-03-27
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