Patent ID: 9676583
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A sheet conveying device comprising: a casing; a plurality of first discharge rollers arranged in an axial direction, the plurality of first discharge rollers including two first discharge rollers adjacent to each other; a roller shaft supporting the plurality of first discharge rollers and configured to rotate together with the plurality of first discharge rollers; a plurality of second discharge rollers provided in correspondence with the plurality of first discharge rollers, the plurality of second discharge rollers including two second discharge rollers adjacent to each other and corresponding to the two first discharge rollers, each of the plurality of first discharge rollers and a corresponding one of the plurality of second discharge rollers being configured to hold and convey a sheet therebetween; and a bearing member attached to the casing such that the bearing member is entirely located between the two first discharge rollers, the bearing member supporting the roller shaft, wherein the bearing member includes a downstream guide located downstream of the roller shaft in a conveying direction in which the sheet is conveyed, wherein the downstream guide of the bearing member protrudes toward the plurality of second discharge rollers beyond a tangential line at a contact point between one of the plurality of first discharge rollers and a corresponding one of the plurality of second discharge rollers, when viewed in the axial direction, and wherein the bearing member includes a recessed portion being open toward the plurality of second discharge rollers, the recessed portion having a support surface contacting the roller shaft, the support surface being contiguous with the downstream guide in the conveying direction.