Patent ID: 9313350
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: B41J,B65H,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image processing device comprising: an image processing portion; a shaft having a first supported portion, a second supported portion, and a third supported portion positioned between the first supported portion and the second supported portion; a frame comprising a first supporting portion configured to support the first supported portion and a second supporting portion configured to support the second supported portion; a sheet guide configured to guide a sheet; a third supporting portion disposed on the sheet guide and configured to support the third supported portion; a drive roller attached to the shaft, positioned between the first supported portion and the second supported portion, and configured to convey the sheet being image-processed by the image processing portion; and a driven roller configured to be driven by the drive roller, wherein the sheet guide comprises: wherein the third supporting portion is disposed on the inner portion of the sheet guide and comprises a bearing portion which has a supporting surface extending in a circumferential direction, wherein the supporting surface of the bearing portion, which is stationary relative to the sheet guide and disposed opposite to the sheet path relative to the sheet guide, is configured to contact and rotatably support the third supported portion of the shaft to which the drive roller is attached, and wherein the sheet guide, which extends downstream of a nip point where the drive roller and the driven roller nip the sheet, has an opening such that the drive roller, which is attached to the shaft that has the first supported portion, the second supported portion, and the third supported portion, protrudes through the opening and contacts the driven roller to nip the sheet.