Patent ID: 8505906
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet conveyance device to convey a sheet which is stored within a sheet storing section, comprising: a plurality of sheet conveyance rollers, mounted on the sheet storing section, to be parallel to each other with respect to rotating centers, wherein the plurality of the sheet conveyance rollers come into contact with the sheet to convey the sheet toward an exterior of the sheet conveyance device; a coupling section to couple the plurality of the sheet conveyance rollers with each other and to rotate the plurality of the sheet conveyance rollers; and a detecting section provided on an eccentric roller, wherein at least one of the plurality of the sheet conveyance rollers includes the eccentric roller, wherein the eccentric roller is coupled to another sheet conveyance roller by the coupling section, wherein a distance between a rotation center and a peripheral surface of the eccentric roller changes continuously in a rotational direction of the eccentric roller; wherein the peripheral length of the eccentric roller is equal to the peripheral length of the other sheet conveyance roller, so that the sheet is puckered between the eccentric roller and the other sheet conveyance roller, and