Patent ID: 7344135

Claim:
A sheet-material carrying device for carrying a sheet material in a carrying direction thereof, comprising: a first guide member disposed along said carrying direction of said sheet material to guide said sheet material in said carrying direction, a downstream edge of said first guide member having a convex shape in said carrying direction such that a breadth thereof in a width direction perpendicular to said carrying direction gradually becomes narrower from both sides toward its center; and a second guide member disposed along said carrying direction of said sheet material to guide said sheet material in said carrying direction, an upstream edge of said second guide member having a concave shape corresponding to the convex shape of the downstream edge of said first guide member, wherein said first and second guide members are disposed so as to make said downstream edge and said upstream edge adjacent, and wherein the center of one of said downstream and upstream edges is formed with a protrusion projecting toward the other thereof, and the center of the other of said downstream and upstream edges is formed with a cutout having a size larger than said protrusion, said first and second guide members being adjacent so as to enter said protrusion into said cutout.