Patent ID: 8113507
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A conveyor roller assembly provided in a sheet conveyance path of an apparatus, comprising: a pair of conveyor rollers configured to be shiftable relative to a body of the apparatus between a first position and a second position; and a first holding member configured to support one of the conveyor rollers in such a manner that the one of the conveyor rollers supported by the first holding member is swingable around a pivot located adjacent to the sheet conveyance path upstream of the supported conveyor roller to allow the pair of conveyor rollers to be shifted between the first position and the second position, wherein the first holding member comprises a sheet guide portion which provides a variable-position guideway extending from a position located upstream along the sheet conveyance path toward a peripheral surface of the supported conveyor roller, the sheet guide portion being configured to come to a position suitable to guide the sheet toward a nip position at which the pair of conveyor rollers nips the sheet at least when the pair of conveyor rollers is shifted to the first position, wherein the other of the conveyor rollers translates between an upper position and a lower position.