Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9981816
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15459812

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The present sheet conveying apparatus includes: a resist roller pair that corrects skew of a sheet conveyed from a sheet supplying unit; and a guide portion disposed at an upstream side relative to the resist roller pair in a sheet conveying direction, the guide portion including a first guide and a second guide disposed opposite to the first guide with a sheet conveying path therebetween, the second guide being located at a projection side of a curved portion formed in the sheet when a tip of the sheet is conveyed to a nip portion of the resist roller pair that is stopped, the second guide being divided into a plurality of divided guides in an axial direction of the resist roller pair, a flexible film being disposed to cover at least a portion of a space between the plurality of divided guides.

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KONICA MINOLTA INCTOKYO JAPAN TOKYO METROPOLIS
KONICA MINOLTA TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (WUXI) CO LTDNO 2-1 CHANGJIANG SOUTH ROAD XINWU DISTRICT WUXI JIANGSU 214028

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cao, Zhongqi Jiangsu, CN 1 1
Chu, Shuang Jiangsu, CN 1 1
Nagashima, Teruo Tokyo, JP 9 22
Omichi, Yoshiki Toyokawa, JP 4 6
Shi, Jianming Jiangsu, CN 3 2
Yang, Yunzhen Jiangsu, CN 1 1
Zhou, Linfeng Jiangsu, CN 5 4

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