Patent ID: 7686300
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet conveying device, comprising: a first roller pair to convey a sheet, the rollers of the first roller pair capable of separating from one another; a second roller pair to convey the sheet, the rollers of the second roller pair capable of separating from one another, wherein the first roller pair and the second roller pair are collectively disposed in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of the sheet; a first movable-body-abutting-member pair including a first movable body and a first abutting member, to cause the first roller pair to separate or abut, the first abutting member to be abutted by the first movable body; a second movable-body-abutting-member pair including a second movable body and a second abutting member, to cause the second roller pair to separate or abut, the second abutting member to be abutted by the second movable body; a driving unit to move the first and second movable bodies; and a control unit to perform control such that an initial position of the first movable body is determined by causing the first movable body to abut the first abutting member using the driving unit when a positioning of the first movable body is started, wherein the first movable body is separated from the first abutting member when the sheet conveying device stops a sheet conveying operation, and wherein the first and second roller pairs form a diagonal feed mechanism to diagonally feed a sheet being conveyed in one or the other of sheet width directions, and each movable-body-abutting-member pair is to move so as to close and open with respect to the sheet with the sheet interposed therebetween.