SHEET CONVEYOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME, AND METHOD OF PREVENTING SHEET SKEW

摘要

A sheet conveyor, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus and in which a method of preventing sheet skew is performed, includes a sheet conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed, a first conveying unit disposed in a sheet conveying direction and including a shaft extending in a lateral direction, multiple rollers fixed to the shaft along the shaft, and a rotation regulator disposed between each of the multiple rollers and the shaft to idly rotate each of the multiple rollers in a given range about the shaft, a second conveying unit disposed along the sheet conveying path and downstream from the first conveying unit in the sheet conveying direction, and a sheet abutting part provided at the second conveying unit, against which a leading edge of the sheet abuts to form a slack of the sheet to correct skew of the sheet.

主权项

1. A sheet conveyor comprising:
a sheet conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed; a first conveying unit disposed along the sheet conveying path in a sheet conveying direction, the first conveying unit comprising:
a shaft extending in a lateral direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction;multiple rollers fixed to the shaft in the lateral direction along the shaft; anda rotation regulator disposed between each of the multiple rollers and the shaft and to cause each of the multiple rollers to idly rotate in a given range about the shaft; a second conveying unit disposed along the sheet conveying path and downstream from the first conveying unit in the sheet conveying direction; and a sheet abutting part provided at the second conveying unit, against which a leading edge of the sheet conveyed from the first conveying unit abuts to form a slack of the sheet to correct skew of the sheet.