Title:
IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/190490
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is an image formation device that can mitigate, with a high degree of reliability, the curling of a sheet dispensed along a first dispensing path. An image formation device 1 comprises: a case 9; an image formation unit 3; a conveyance unit 26; and a cover 100 that can move between a closed position and an open position. The image formation device 1 further comprises: a dispensing guide 50 that can move between a first position where the guide is accommodated in the case 9 and a second position where said guide is protruding downstream from inside the case 9 in a dispensing direction DE1, and where said guide can abut from above a sheet SH conveyed by the conveyance unit 26; and a linking unit 60 that links the cover 100 to the dispensing guide 50, the linking unit moving the dispensing guide 50 from the second position to the first position in conjunction with movement of the cover 100 from the open position to the closed position, and moving the dispensing guide 50 from the first position to the second position in conjunction with movement of the cover 100 from the closed position to the open position.
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Inventors:
SHINOYA SHOTA (JP)
MIZUNO TOMOYUKI (JP)
MIZUNO TOMOYUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2023/012458
Publication Date:
October 05, 2023
Filing Date:
March 28, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BROTHER IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
G03G21/16; B41J29/13; B65H29/58
Foreign References:
| JP2001278525A | 2001-10-10 | |||
| JP2013010592A | 2013-01-17 | |||
| JP2008297025A | 2008-12-11 | |||
| US20120086166A1 | 2012-04-12 |
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