Sheet transport device, and image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9284143-B2
Application number	US-201414519545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2014
Priority date	Mar 13, 2014
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a sheet transport device including a device main body on which one of a first transport roller pair that transports sheets is provided, an opening and closing door that is movably and rotatably supported between a closing position where a part of a sheet transport path formed on a side surface of the device main body is covered and an opening position where a part of the sheet transport path is open, and on which one of a second transport roller pair provided on the sheet transport path is provided, and a transport unit that includes another one of the first transport roller pair and another one of the second transport roller pair, and is swingably supported by the opening and closing door.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet transport device comprising:
a device main body on which one roller of a first transport roller pair that transports sheets is provided;
an opening and closing door that is movably and rotatably supported between a closing position where a part of a sheet transport path formed on a side surface of the device main body is covered and an opening position where a part of the sheet transport path is open, and on which one roller of a second transport roller pair provided on the sheet transport path is provided; and
a transport unit that includes an other one of the first transport roller pair and an other one of the second transport roller pair, and is swingably supported by the opening and closing door,
wherein, when the opening and closing door moves to the closing position from the opening position, the opening and closing door is positioned at a second positioning portion formed on the device main body after the transport unit is positioned at a first positioning portion formed on the device main body,
wherein the first positioning portion is an engaging portion that includes an opening portion and a bottom surface portion, the bottom surface portion being in contact with a base portion of the transport unit, thereby allowing engagement between the transport unit and the engaging portion to ultimately be released with the movement of the opening and closing door.

2. The sheet transport device according to claim 1 , wherein
the base portion is a plate-shaped retaining portion that is provided on an inner surface facing the device main body, and
when the opening and closing door moves to the closing position, the retaining portion is engaged to an opening portion formed on the first positioning portion to be positioned.

3. The sheet transport device according to claim 2 , wherein
when the opening and closing door moves to the opening position from the closing position, the retaining portion is guided to the bottom surface portion and is separated from the first positioning portion, and the transport unit rotates in a moving direction of the opening and closing door to separate the first transport roller pair from each other and to separate the second transport roller pair from each other.

4. The sheet transport device according to claim 3 , wherein
the transport unit is urged by an elastic member, one end of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the opening and closing door facing the transport unit, and another end of which is fixed to an outer surface side of the transport unit facing the opening and closing door, and separates the second transport roller pair from each other when the opening and closing door moves from the closing position to the opening position.

5. The sheet transport device according to claim 2 , wherein
the transport unit is urged by an elastic member, one end of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the opening and closing door facing the transport unit, and another end of which is fixed to an outer surface side of the transport unit facing the opening and closing door, and separates the second transport roller pair from each other when the opening and closing door moves from the closing position to the opening position.

6. The sheet transport device according to claim 2 , wherein
the transport unit is urged by an elastic member, one end of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the main body facing the transport unit, and another end of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the transport unit facing the main body, and separates the second transport roller pair from each other when the opening and closing door moves from the closing position to the opening position.

7. The sheet transport device according to claim 3 , wherein
the transport unit is urged by an elastic member, one end of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the main body facing the transport unit, and another end of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the transport unit facing the main body, and separates the second transport roller pair from each other when the opening and closing door moves from the closing position to the opening position.

8. An image forming apparatus comprising:
the sheet transport device according to claim 2 ; and
an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium transported by the sheet transport device.

9. The sheet transport device according to claim 1 , wherein
when the opening and closing door moves to the opening position from the closing position, the base portion is guided to the bottom surface portion and is separated from the first positioning portion, and the transport unit rotates in a moving direction of the opening and closing door to separate the first transport roller pair from each other and to separate the second transport roller pair from each other.

10. The sheet transport device according to claim 9 , wherein
the transport unit is urged by an elastic member, one end of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the opening and closing door facing the transport unit, and another end of which is fixed to an outer surface side of the transport unit facing the opening and closing door, and separates the second transport roller pair from each other when the opening and closing door moves from the closing position to the opening position.

11. The sheet transport device according to claim 9 , wherein
the transport unit is urged by an elastic member, one end of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the main body facing the transport unit, and another end of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the transport unit facing the main body, and separates the second transport roller pair from each other when the opening and closing door moves from the closing position to the opening position.

12. The sheet transport device according to claim 1 , wherein
the transport unit is urged by an elastic member, one end of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the opening and closing door facing the transport unit, and another end of which is fixed to an outer surface side of the transport unit facing the opening and closing door, and separates the second transport roller pair from each other when the opening and closing door moves from the closing position to the opening position.

13. The sheet transport device according to claim 1 , wherein
the transport unit is urged by an elastic member, one end of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the main body facing the transport unit, and another end of which is fixed to an inner surface side of the transport unit facing the main body, and separates the second transport roller pair from each other when the opening and closing door moves from the closing position to the opening position.

14. An image forming apparatus comprising:
the sheet transport device according to claim 1 ; and
an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium transported by the sheet transport device.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takahashi Kohei
• Takubo Toshikazu

Classifications

• G03G21/1633

  using doors or covers (G03G21/1638 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65H1/266

  Support fully or partially removable from the handling machine, e.g. cassette, drawer (B65H1/027 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65H2404/6111

  and shaped for curvilinear transport path · CPC title

• B65H5/38 Primary

  immovable in operation · CPC title

• G03G15/6573

  Feeding path after the fixing point and up to the discharge tray or the finisher, e.g. special treatment of copy material to compensate for effects from the fixing · CPC title