Sheet cutting device and image forming apparatus including the sheet cutting device

摘要

A sheet cutting device includes a cutter holder, a moving unit, a connecting member, and a drawing member. The cutter holder accommodates a cutter. The cutter has opposed blades opposing each other to cut a sheet of recording media fed along a sheet feed path. The moving unit is disposed away from the cutter holder in a sheet feed direction in which the sheet is fed along the sheet feed path. The moving unit is reciprocally movable in a sheet width direction perpendicular to the sheet feed direction. The connecting member connects the cutter holder to the moving unit. The drawing member is mounted on the moving unit to draw the moving unit in the sheet width direction. The cutter holder is pivotable around the connecting member in a thickness direction of the sheet relative to the moving unit.

主权项

1. A sheet cutting device comprising:
a cutter holder accommodating a cutter, the cutter having opposed blades opposing each other to cut a sheet of recording media fed along a sheet feed path: a moving unit disposed away from the cutter holder in a sheet teed direction in which the sheet is fed along the sheet feed path, the moving unit reciprocally movable in a sheet width direction perpendicular to the sheet feed direction: a connecting member connecting the cutter holder to the moving unit; a drawing member mounted on the moving unit to draw the moving unit in the sheet width direction, wherein the cutter holder is pivotable around the connecting member in a thickness direction of the sheet relative to the moving unit; and a guide member disposed along the sheet width direction to guide the moving unit in the sheet width direction, the guide member having a first rail under the moving unit and a second rail above the moving unit, wherein the moving unit has a first rotation member rotatable white contacting the first rail and a second rotation member rotatable while contacting the second rail.