Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9206005-B2
Application number	US-201414483496-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2014
Priority date	Oct 17, 2013
Publication date	Dec 8, 2015
Grant date	Dec 8, 2015

Abstract

A sheet conveying apparatus has a conveying rotating member, a follower rotating member which is disposed to face the conveying rotating member, a support member which passes through a hollow portion of the follower rotating member and supports the follower rotating member, a pressure portion which biases the support member toward the conveying rotating member so that the follower rotating member comes into contact with the conveying rotating member a first bearing portion which is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the support member and an inner peripheral surface of the follower rotating member and rotatable supports the follower rotating member with respect to the support member, and a second bearing portion which movably supports the support member and has a slide friction coefficient higher than that of the bearing portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet conveying apparatus comprising:
a conveying rotating member which is rotatably driven by a driving portion and conveys a sheet;
a cylindrical follower rotating member which is disposed to face the conveying rotating member;
a support member which passes through a hollow portion of the follower rotating member and supports the follower rotating member;
a pressure portion which biases the support member toward the conveying rotating member so that the follower rotating member comes into contact with the conveying rotating member;
a first bearing portion which is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the support member and an inner peripheral surface of the follower rotating member and rotatably supports the follower rotating member with respect to the support member; and
a second bearing portion which movably supports the support member and has a slide friction coefficient higher than that of the first bearing portion.

2. The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
when the support member is being biased by the pressure portion, the conveying rotating member and the follower rotating member are bent in the same direction.

3. The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a length of the follower rotating member in the axial direction is shorter than a length of the conveying rotating member in the axial direction.

4. The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first bearing portion allows an inclination of a shaft center caused by bending of the support member.

5. The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a separation portion which enables the follower rotating member to be separated from the conveying rotating member; and
a controller which causes the separation portion to operate during a period when the conveying rotating member rotates.

6. The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a slide portion which reciprocally moves the follower rotating member in the axial direction, wherein
when the follower rotating member is moved by the slide portion in the axial direction, the second bearing portion and the support member come in sliding contact with each other.

7. The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
a slide portion which reciprocally moves the follower rotating member in the axial direction.

8. The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first bearing portion includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a rolling body disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring.

9. The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first bearing portion is disposed on an inner side in an axial direction of the support member from an end portion of the conveying rotating member and is disposed on an inner side in the axial direction of the support member from an end portion of the follower rotating member.

10. An image forming apparatus comprising:
the sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
an image forming portion which forms an image in a sheet.

11. A sheet conveying apparatus comprising:
a conveying rotating member which is rotatably driven by a driving portion and conveys a sheet;
a cylindrical follower rotating member which is disposed to face the conveying rotating member;
a support member which passes through a hollow portion of the follower rotating member and supports the follower rotating member;
a pressure portion which biases the support member toward the conveying rotating member so that the follower rotating member comes into contact with the conveying rotating member;
a first bearing portion which is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the support member and an inner peripheral surface of the follower rotating member and rotatably supports the follower rotating member with respect to the support member; and
a second bearing portion which movably supports the support member,
wherein a friction coefficient between the second bearing portion and the support member is set such that when a rotation force is transferred from the conveying rotating member to the follower rotating member, the follower rotating member is rotated with respect to the support member through the first bearing portion, and the support member is not rotated with respect to the second bearing portion.

12. A sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein
the first bearing member is disposed on an inner side in an axial direction of the support member from an end portion of the conveying rotating member and is disposed on an inner side in an axial direction of the support member from an end portion of the follower rotating member.

13. A sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 11 ,
further comprising a sliding portion which is configured to move the follower rotating member forward and backward in a direction of the shaft.

14. A sheet conveying apparatus comprising:
a first rotating member which conveys a sheet;
a cylindrical second rotating member which is pressed to the first rotating member;
a shaft which is disposed inside the second rotating member and supports the second rotating member;
a first bearing portion which is provided between the shaft and the second rotating member and rotatably supports the second rotating member;
a moving portion which moves the first rotating member and the second rotating member in the axial direction;
a second bearing portion which bears the shaft to freely slide in the axial direction when the first rotating member and the second rotating member are moved by the moving portion in the axial direction, and
a pressure portion which biases an outer portion of the shaft in the axial direction from the second rotating member such that the second rotating member is pressed to the first rotating member,
wherein when the second rotating member rotates by being born with the first bearing member with respect to the shaft according to a rotation force received from the first rotating member, the second bearing portion is configured not to allow the shaft to rotate.

15. The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein
the first bearing portion includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a rolling body disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring.

16. The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein
a friction coefficient between the second bearing portion and the shaft is set such that when a rotation force is transferred from the first rotating member to the second rotating member, the second rotating member is rotated by the first bearing portion with respect to the shaft, and the shaft is not rotated with respect to the second bearing portion.

17. The sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein
the first bearing portion is disposed on an inner side in a axial direction of the shaft from an end portion of the first rotating member and is disposed on an inner side in the axial direction of the shaft from an end portion of the second rotating member.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Fujita Takashi
• Matsumoto So

Classifications

• B65H5/062 Primary

  between rollers or balls · CPC title

• B65H7/06

  responsive to presence of faulty articles or incorrect separation or feed (B65H7/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65H5/068 Primary

  between one or more rollers or balls and stationary pressing, supporting or guiding elements · CPC title

• B65H9/002

  changing orientation of sheet by only controlling movement of the forwarding means, i.e. without the use of stop or register wall · CPC title

• B65H3/06

  Rollers or like rotary separators {(B65H3/42 takes precedence)} · CPC title