Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11008187
APP PUB NO 20200307928A1
SERIAL NO

16364707

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A sheet conveying device includes an auxiliary tray, a sheet feeding tray, a roller, a driving mechanism, and a pickup roller. The sheet feeding tray is adjacent to the auxiliary tray on a lateral side of the auxiliary tray. The roller is configured to move in a thickness direction of a sheet bundle placed on the auxiliary tray to contact an end of the sheet bundle facing the sheet feeding tray. The driving mechanism is configured to laterally move the auxiliary tray to be on top of the sheet feeding tray when the sheet bundle placed on the auxiliary tray is transferred to the sheet feeding tray. The pickup roller is configured to pick up a sheet one by one from the sheet bundle transferred to the sheet feeding tray.

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TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHASHINAGAWA-KU TOKYO 141-8562

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nuita, Akira Izunokuni Shizuoka, JP 17 96

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