Patent ID: 7497437
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet guide apparatus comprising: a transport cylinder which holds and conveys a sheet; convey means for holding the sheet received from said transport cylinder and conveying the sheet along a first convey path which is at least substantially arcuate; and a sheet guide structure which guides the sheet conveyed by said convey means, said sheet guide structure comprising movable guide means which is movable between positions close to and spaced apart from said first convey path and stationary guide means which is stationarily arranged at a position spaced apart from said first convey path, wherein when said movable guide means is close to said first convey path, said movable guide means is located at a position nearer to the first convey path than said stationary guide means is to said first convey path and the sheet is guided by only said movable guide means, a first guide surface having a continuous substantially arcuate section is formed by only said movable guide means, and when said movable guide means is spaced apart from said first convey path, a second guide surface having a continuous substantially arcuate section is formed by said movable guide means and said stationary guide means.