Patent ID: 9540198
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A sheet conveying device comprising: a pair of sheet holding rollers having two rollers along a sheet conveying path through which a recording medium is conveyed, the pair of sheet holding rollers configured to rotate and convey the recording medium while holding the recording medium in a nip region between the two rollers; a stopper on one roller of the pair of sheet holding rollers and at a position upstream from the nip region in a sheet conveying direction, the stopper configured to rotate with the pair of sheet holding rollers between a closing position and an opening position, the closing position being a position at which the sheet conveying path is closed and the recording medium stops before the nip region of the pair of sheet holding rollers, and the opening position being a position at which the sheet conveying path is open and the recording medium passes through the nip region of the pair of sheet holding rollers; and a regulator configured to move between a contact position and a retracted position, the contact position being a position at which the regulator is in contact with the one roller of the pair of sheet holding rollers, and the retracted position being a position at which the regulator is separated from the pair of sheet holding rollers, wherein