Patent ID: 9139389
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet conveying device comprising: a first guide member; a second guide member disposed facing the first guide member to define therebetween a first curved path along which a sheet is to be conveyed in a first conveying direction; and a third guide member disposed facing the second guide member to define therebetween a second curved path along which a sheet is to be conveyed in a second conveying direction, wherein the first guide member is opposite to the third guide member relative to the second guide member, wherein the second guide member comprises a rod extending in a width direction perpendicular to the first conveying direction, the rod comprising a first contact surface and a second contact surface, and the second guide member being configured to pivot between a first position in which the first contact surface of the rod is in contact with the first guide member, and a second position in which the first contact surface of the rod is separated from the first guide member, wherein the third guide member comprises a third contact surface and is configured to pivot between a third position in which the third contact surface is in contact with the second contact surface of the rod of the second guide member in the first position, and a fourth position in which the third contact surface is separated from the second guide member, wherein the first contact surface and the second contact surface of the rod, and the third contact surface are disposed at positions outside of the first curved path and the second curved path in the width direction, and wherein when the second guide member is in the first position and the third guide member is in the third position, the rod of the second guide member is sandwiched between the first guide member and the third guide member while the first contact surface and the second contact surface of the rod are in contact with the first guide member and the third contact surface, respectively, thereby defining the first curved path and the second curved path.