Patent ID: 7717424
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet conveying device comprising: a sheet conveying path that is defined by guide surfaces that face each other with a predetermined gap therebetween and through which a sheet is conveyed; a pair of discharge rollers that are provided at a position most downstream in a conveying direction of the sheet conveying path and discharges the sheet from the sheet conveying path, the discharge rollers including: a discharge chute portion that guides the sheet discharged from the conveying path by the discharge rollers toward downstream in the conveying direction, the discharge chute portion including an upper discharge guide and a lower discharge guide that face each other with a predetermined gap therebetween; an elastic support piece that is provided in the discharge chute portion and supports a trailing edge of the sheet discharged to the discharge chute portion while elastically urging the trailing edge toward the upper discharge guide; and a discharge tray that is provided from the discharge chute portion and retains the sheet guided by the discharge chute portion, wherein a lower one of the guide surfaces defining the sheet conveying path extends horizontally from the discharge rollers toward upstream in the conveying direction, and wherein the pair of discharge rollers are arranged such that a line connecting a center of the drive roller and a center of the follower roller is inclined toward upstream in the conveying direction with respect to a line passing through the center of the drive roller and normal to the lower one of the guide surfaces.