Patent ID: 9174817
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet conveying device, comprising: a sheet holding and conveying roller pair having two rollers to convey a sheet while holding the sheet between the two rollers at a nip where the two rollers contact each other; a gate member disposed in a vicinity of the sheet holding and conveying roller pair and movable with rotation of the sheet holding and conveying roller pair to correct skew of the sheet in a sheet conveying direction when a leading end of the sheet in the sheet conveying direction abuts against the gate member, wherein the gate member has a contact surface against which the sheet abuts, wherein the contact surface of the gate member is disposed upstream from the nip of the sheet holding and conveying roller pair in the sheet conveying direction, wherein a setting position of the contact surface is adjusted according to thickness of the sheet, wherein the setting position of the contact surface of the gate member in conveyance of a thick paper is farther from the nip than the setting position of the contact surface of the gate member in conveyance of a thin paper; a sheet thickness setting unit to set a thickness of the sheet; and a controller to adjust the setting position of the contact surface according to the thickness of the sheet set by the sheet thickness setting unit.