Sheet conveyance device

摘要

A sheet conveyance device includes a sheet mount on which a standard-sized sheet is mountable; a first conveyor to bring in the sheet from the mount, convey the sheet through a reverse conveyance path such that the sheet passes through a specific operation position, and eject the sheet into a sheet ejection area outside the mount; and a second conveyor to bring in a hard sheet with a higher bending rigidity than the sheet from one end of a straight conveyance path along a plane passing through the specific position of the reverse path, and eject the hard sheet conveyed along the straight path from another end of the straight path at a sheet ejection area side. The mount includes a hard sheet ejection port to let through at least a leading edge portion of the hard sheet to be ejected from the second conveyor in a sheet ejection direction.

主权项

1. A sheet conveyance device comprising:
a sheet mount on which a sheet is mountable; a first conveyor to convey the sheet along a conveyance path from the sheet mount in a forward and then reverse direction to pass the sheet through an operation position, and to eject the sheet into a sheet ejection area; and a second conveyor to convey a relatively hard sheet, with a relatively higher bending rigidity than the sheet, along a relatively straight path passing through the operation position, and to eject the relatively hard sheet at an area other than the sheet ejection area, wherein the sheet mount includes a hard sheet ejection port to pass at least a leading edge portion of the relatively hard sheet to be ejected from the second conveyor in a sheet ejection direction, and wherein the hard sheet ejection port includes an opening width that is relatively smaller than a width of a sheet mounted on the sheet mount along a line of intersection between an extension of the plane in the sheet ejection direction and a sheet mount surface of the sheet mount.