US 12,351,409 B2
Sheet feeding device and image forming system
Eikou Mori, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/413,310.
Application 18/413,310 is a division of application No. 17/321,627, filed on May 17, 2021, granted, now 11,912,518.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-089816 (JP), filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0150142 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. B65H 29/52 (2006.01); B65H 1/12 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/38 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 1/12 (2013.01) [B65H 5/062 (2013.01); G03G 21/1623 (2013.01); G03G 21/1628 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); B65H 2601/321 (2013.01); B65H 2801/21 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1687 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet conveying device which receives a sheet from an image forming apparatus and conveys the sheet to a post-processing device, the sheet conveying device comprising:
a through passage through which the sheet conveyed from the image forming apparatus is conveyed to the post-processing device;
a reading sensor provided in the through passage and configured to read an image of the sheet;
a discharging passage extending upward from the through passage;
a discharging roller pair configured to discharge the sheet passed through the discharging passage;
a discharging tray on which the sheet discharged by the discharging roller pair is stacked;
a first guide configured to form the discharging passage; and
a door provided with a second guide forming the discharging passage in cooperation with the first guide and configured to be rotatable about a rotation axis between a closed position and an open position, the closed position being a position where the second guide opposes the first guide and forms the discharging passage, and the open position being a position where the discharging passage is open,
wherein a center of gravity of the door passes through above the rotation axis while the door moves from the closed position to the open position, and
wherein the door rotates in a direction toward the discharging tray while moving from the closed position to the open position, and is positioned over the discharging tray in the open position.