- Patent Title: Sheet conveyance apparatus, image recording apparatus and feed tray
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Application No.: US14501575Application Date: 2014-09-30
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Publication No.: US09834396B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Hirotaka Aoki
- 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: JP2013-252882 20131206
- Main IPC: B65H3/52
- IPC: B65H3/52 ; B65H3/06 ; B65H1/26 ; B65H3/56

Abstract:
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes: a support member having a support surface configured to support sheets, a feed unit configured to feed the sheets stacked on the support surface in a feed direction, a guide member provided on the downstream side of the support member in the feed direction, and a separating member projecting from an inclined surface of the guide member toward the support surface. The inclined surface is curved such that a separating area where the separating member is provided comes closest to the side of the support surface. The support surface has a first support surface located on the immediate upstream side in the feed direction to correspond to the separating area, and second support surfaces arranged respectively on both sides of the first support surface in a direction orthogonal to the feed direction to be lowered than the first support surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150158681A1 SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND FEED TRAY Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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