Patent ID: 9365362
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B41J,B65G,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A conveyer device, comprising: a body; a first path member supported by the body, the first path member including a first side and a second side, the first path member forming a part of conveyer path, which is curved at least partially, and along which a sheet is conveyed, from an upstream toward a downstream according to a conveying flow; a second path member supported by the body, the second path member being arranged on an inner side of a curve of the conveyer path to face the first path member, the second path member forming a part of the conveyer path, a first supporting part arranged in the body and configured to support the first path member at a widthwise end of the first path member along a widthwise direction, which intersects with the conveying flow of the sheet being conveyed along the conveyer path; and a second supporting part arranged in the body and configured to support the first path member from an outer side of the curve of the conveyer path, the outer side being a side opposite from the second path member at a widthwise inner-side position along the widthwise direction with respect to the first supporting part, the second supporting part extending from a contact position, in which the second supporting part contacts the first path member, toward the downstream along the conveying flow; wherein the first path member is rotatable between a first position, in which the first path member forms the conveyer path in conjunction with the second path member, and a second position, in which the first path member is separated farther from second path member than the first path member being in the first position; wherein the first supporting part supports the first path member rotatably; wherein the first side of the first path member faces the second supporting part when the first path member is in the first position, and the second side of the first path member faces the second path member when the first path member is in the first position; wherein the first path member is formed to have an opening, the opening formed between the first side and the second side of the first path member and through the first path member in a downstream position along the conveying flow with respect to the contact position and in a position, which coincides with an area occupied by the second supporting part when the first path member rotates in between the first position and the second position; wherein the second supporting part penetrates the opening to be exposed to the second side of the first path member when the first path member is in the second position.