Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12030740B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US17324387

    申请日:2021-05-19

    Inventor: Kakeru Takahashi

    CPC classification number: B65H85/00 B65H5/062 B65H5/36 G03G15/6529 G03G21/1638

    Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a sheet conveyance roller pair to convey a sheet, a first opening and closing guide that opens to a first opened position in which a first conveyance path through which a sheet is conveyed is opened and closes to a first closed position in which a sheet is conveyed in the first conveyance path, and a second opening and closing guide that opens to a second opened position in which a second conveyance path is opened and closes to a second closed position in which a sheet is conveyed in the second conveyance path. A first member is provided on the first opening and closing guide, and a second member is provided on the second opening and closing guide and pivots between a first position and a second position with respect to the second opening and closing guide.

    Image forming apparatus
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12192422B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US17838668

    申请日:2022-06-13

    Inventor: Kakeru Takahashi

    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a first roller including a first rotation shaft and a first roller portion, an image reading unit, a first guide portion, a second guide portion arranged downstream of the first roller in a sheet conveyance direction, the second guide portion being curved with respect to a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of a first rotation shaft and the sheet conveyance direction, and a second roller. A reading position is located in a region between a first straight line and a second straight line, the first straight line passing through a first end, in the axial direction, of the first roller portion and extending in the sheet conveyance direction, the second straight line passing through a second end, in the axial direction, of the first roller portion and extending in the sheet conveyance direction.

    Sheet feeding apparatus including an electric circuit board

    公开(公告)号:US11485592B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US16850104

    申请日:2020-04-16

    Inventor: Kakeru Takahashi

    Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes an upper support portion formed integrally with a side plate and configured to support an electric circuit board; an upper opening portion formed in the side plate near the upper support portion; a lower support portion provided at a separate part mounted to the side plate and configured to support the electric circuit board; and a lower opening portion provided between the side plate and the separate part. All line segments having a length of 50 mm or less, among line segments extending from arbitrary points in a main body portion of a sheet cassette, through arbitrary points in the upper opening portion, to the electric circuit board, form an angle of 45° or more with respect to a vertical line, and the lower opening portion has a dimension of 5 mm or less or a width of 1 mm or less.

    ONE-WAY CLUTCH, SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20190300309A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-03

    申请号:US16367333

    申请日:2019-03-28

    Inventor: Kakeru Takahashi

    Abstract: A one-way clutch includes: an outer member that has an inner periphery including an internal gear; an inner member that is rotatably disposed, and includes an engagement portion; and a planetary gear that is rotatable relative to the inner member, meshes with the internal gear, and is prevented from rotating by engaging with the engagement portion, wherein in a state in which the outer member and the inner member rotate together, the planetary gear engages with the engagement portion; in a state in which relative rotation between the outer member and the inner member is performed, the planetary gear disengages from the engagement portion; and in a state in which the planetary gear engages with the engagement portion, a top land of the internal gear abuts on a bottom land of the planetary gear.

    SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BOARD

    公开(公告)号:US20200331716A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-22

    申请号:US16850104

    申请日:2020-04-16

    Inventor: Kakeru Takahashi

    Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus including: an upper support portion formed integrally with a side plate and configured to support an electric circuit board; an upper opening portion formed in the side plate near the upper support portion; a lower support portion provided to a separate part mounted to the side plate and configured to support the electric circuit board; and a lower opening portion provided between the side plate and the separate part, wherein all line segments having a length of 50 mm or less of line segments extending from arbitrary points in a main body portion of a sheet cassette, through arbitrary points in the upper opening portion, to the electric circuit board form an angle of 45° or more with respect to a vertical line, and the lower opening portion has a dimension of 5 mm or less or a width of 1 mm or less.

    One-way clutch, sheet conveying apparatus, and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11479425B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US16367333

    申请日:2019-03-28

    Inventor: Kakeru Takahashi

    Abstract: A one-way clutch includes: an outer member that has an inner periphery including an internal gear; an inner member that is rotatably disposed, and includes an engagement portion; and a planetary gear that is rotatable relative to the inner member, meshes with the internal gear, and is prevented from rotating by engaging with the engagement portion, wherein in a state in which the outer member and the inner member rotate together, the planetary gear engages with the engagement portion; in a state in which relative rotation between the outer member and the inner member is performed, the planetary gear disengages from the engagement portion; and in a state in which the planetary gear engages with the engagement portion, a top land of the internal gear abuts on a bottom land of the planetary gear.

    SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20210371231A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17324387

    申请日:2021-05-19

    Inventor: Kakeru Takahashi

    Abstract: While the first opening and closing member is moved from the first closed position to the first opened position, a force transmitted to the second opening closing member by the first member interfering with the second member pivots the second opening and closing member from the second closed position toward the second opened position. While the first opening and closing member is moved from the first opened position to the first closed position, the second member retracts from the movement locus of the first member by interference of the first member with the second member, and the first opening and closing member is configured to move to the first closed position in a state where the second opening and closing member is positioned at the second closed position.

    IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220417375A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17838668

    申请日:2022-06-13

    Inventor: Kakeru Takahashi

    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a first roller including a first rotation shaft and a first roller portion, an image reading unit, a first guide portion, a second guide portion arranged downstream of the first roller in a sheet conveyance direction, the second guide portion being curved with respect to a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of a first rotation shaft and the sheet conveyance direction, and a second roller. A reading position is located in a region between a first straight line and a second straight line, the first straight line passing through a first end, in the axial direction, of the first roller portion and extending in the sheet conveyance direction, the second straight line passing through a second end, in the axial direction, of the first roller portion and extending in the sheet conveyance direction.

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