US 12,221,306 B2
Document conveying device
Yoshitaka Tokoro, Osaka (JP); and Takafumi Nakagawa, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/064,647.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-204395 (JP), filed on Dec. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192427 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 1/14 (2013.01) [B65H 2403/41 (2013.01); B65H 2801/39 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A document conveying device comprising:
a sheet feeding tray on which a document is stacked;
a discharge tray provided below the sheet feeding tray;
a feeding roller which feeds the document on the sheet feeding tray one by one;
a first lifting mechanism which supports both end portions of the sheet feeding tray in a width direction intersecting a conveying direction of the document on the sheet feeding tray, and lifts and lowers the sheet feeding tray such that an upper surface of the document comes in contact with the feeding roller;
a conveying mechanism which conveys the document fed by the feeding roller to the discharge tray through a reading position;
a support member which supports the sheet feeding feed tray on an upstream side of the first lifting mechanism in the conveying direction; and
a second lifting mechanism which lifts and lowers the support member in synchronization with the sheet feeding tray.