SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE

摘要

A sheet conveying device, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a pair of sheet holding rollers and a regulator. The pair of sheet holding rollers disposed along a sheet conveying path rotates and conveys the recording medium while holding a recording medium in a nip region thereof. The pair of sheet holding rollers includes a stopper that rotates with the pair of sheet holding rollers between a closing position at which the sheet conveying path is closed and an opening position at which the sheet conveying path is open. The regulator is movably disposed between a contact position and a retracted position with respect to the pair of sheet holding rollers. The pair of sheet holding rollers corrects a positional shift of the recording medium in the sheet conveying direction with the stopper at the closing position, and further conveys the recording medium after correction.

主权项

1. A sheet conveying device comprising:
a pair of sheet holding rollers having two rollers and disposed along a sheet conveying path through which a recording medium is conveyed, the pair of sheet holding rollers to rotate and to convey the recording medium while holding the recording medium in a nip region formed between the two rollers, the pair of sheet holding rollers mounting a stopper at a position upstream from the nip region in a sheet conveying direction, the stopper to rotate with the pair of sheet holding rollers between a closing position at which the sheet conveying path is closed and the recording medium stops before the nip region of the pair of sheet holding rollers and an opening position at which the sheet conveying path is open and the recording medium passes through the nip region of the pair of sheet holding rollers; and a regulator movably disposed between a contact position at which the regulator is in contact with the pair of sheet holding rollers and a retracted position at which the regulator is separated from the pair of sheet holding rollers, the pair of sheet holding rollers to correct a positional shift of the recording medium in the sheet conveying direction with the stopper located at the closing position, and to further convey the recording medium after correction.