Patent ID: 9630793
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A sheet conveying device, comprising: a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path in a conveying direction; a guide; a cover spaced apart from the guide and configured to cover the guide, the conveyance path formed between the guide and cover, the cover having a length that is greater than that of the guide in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction and parallel with the guide; and a movable member mounted on a first member which is one of the cover and the guide, the movable member being pivotable between a first position and a second position, the movable member located at the second position when the conveyor is conveying the sheet along the conveyance path, the movable member comprising a free end configured to be moved toward a second member while the movable member is being pivoted from the second position to the first position about a pivot center, the second member being another of the cover and the guide, the free end of the movable member configured to be contactable with the second member when the movable member is located at the first position, wherein the movable member is pivotably supported by the first member, and wherein the guide is configured to support the cover via the movable member in a state in which the free end is in contact with the second member, wherein the movable member is located at the first position in a state in which the sheet is not in contact with the movable member, and wherein the movable member is pivoted from the first position toward the second position by contact of the sheet with the movable member.