Patent ID: 9505578
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B65H,G03G

Claim Text:
1. A sheet conveying device comprising: a first conveyance guide member and a second conveyance guide member disposed to face each other and forming a discharge path extending to a sheet discharge outlet; a first discharge roller and a second discharge roller disposed to face each other across the discharge path and configured to nip a sheet member conveyed in the discharge path in a sheet conveyance direction toward the sheet discharge outlet and discharge the sheet member from the sheet discharge outlet to outside, the first discharge roller being provided in the first conveyance guide member, the second discharge roller being provided in the second conveyance guide member; and at least one first stiffening member disposed on an upstream side relative to the sheet discharge outlet in the sheet conveyance direction, projecting toward the discharge path from one of the first conveyance guide member and the second conveyance guide member and extending from a nip portion to the upstream side in the sheet conveyance direction, and configured to stiffen the sheet member by contacting and pressing the sheet member conveyed in the discharge path, the nip portion being formed by the first discharge roller and the second discharge roller, the at least one first stiffening member including: a second stiffening member projecting toward the discharge path from the one of the first conveyance guide member and the second conveyance guide member and extending from the nip portion to the upstream side in the sheet conveyance direction, and configured to stiffen the sheet member by contacting and pressing the sheet member conveyed in the discharge path; a first elastic member configured to bias the at least one first stiffening member toward the discharge path by an elastic force; and a second elastic member configured to bias the second stiffening member toward the discharge path by an elastic force, wherein