Patent ID: 11880157
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 4:
5. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a sheet feed device; and
an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet fed from the sheet feed device, wherein
the sheet feed device further comprises:
a first conveyance path; and
a conveyance path merging section configured to merge the first conveyance path with a second conveyance path, wherein
the first conveyance path includes an upstream side roller that feeds the sheet to a downstream side in a conveyance direction, and
the conveyance path merging section comprises
a conveyance roller pair configured to convey the sheet fed from the first conveyance path through a nip;
a variable mechanism configured to make an arrangement angle of one roller of the conveyance roller pair thereof variable, the arrangement angle of one roller of the conveyance roller pair being an arrangement angle at which the nip entering direction is directed to the first conveyance path and the arrangement angle of one roller of the conveyance roller pair being an arrangement angle at which the nip entering direction is directed to the second conveyance path; and
a transmission mechanism configured to transmit a rotational driving force of the upstream side roller from the upstream side roller, wherein
the variable mechanism makes the arrangement angle of one roller of the conveyance roller pair to the arrangement angle at which the nip entering direction is directed to the first conveyance path while the upstream side roller is rotating.