US 11,834,285 B2
Medium conveying apparatus including conveyance guide, provided on a rotation shaft of a first roller, to move in conjunction with movement of a first roller
Tomofumi Kumahashi, Kahoku (JP); Seiki Awazu, Kahoku (JP); and Takayuki Mori, Kahoku (JP)
Assigned to PFU LIMITED, Kahoku (JP)
Filed by PFU LIMITED, Kahoku (JP)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/450,953.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-198607 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169457 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/12 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/36 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 3/0661 (2013.01) [B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 5/36 (2013.01); H04N 1/00615 (2013.01); H04N 1/00716 (2013.01); H04N 1/1225 (2013.01); B65H 2404/144 (2013.01); B65H 2511/13 (2013.01); B65H 2801/39 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medium conveying apparatus comprising:
an imaging unit provided to be movable in a direction perpendicular to a conveying surface for conveying a medium, to image the medium;
a roller pair provided on an upstream side of the imaging unit in a medium conveying direction, the roller pair including a first roller provided to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the conveying surface, and a second roller facing the first roller; and
a conveyance guide provided on a rotation shaft of the first roller, to move in conjunction with a movement of the first roller, wherein
the conveyance guide includes a guide surface extending at least from a downstream end portion of a nip portion of the roller pair to an upstream end portion of the imaging unit in the medium conveying direction and being flush with a lower surface of the imaging unit.