US 12,072,666 B2
Sheet conveying device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
Takahiro Imada, Kanagawa (JP); Yoshikuni Sasaki, Kanagawa (JP); Hiromasa Takagi, Tokyo (JP); Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Chiba (JP); and Arinobu Yoshiura, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Takahiro Imada, Kanagawa (JP); Yoshikuni Sasaki, Kanagawa (JP); Hiromasa Takagi, Tokyo (JP); Takuya Seshita, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Chiba (JP); and Arinobu Yoshiura, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,107.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-076551 (JP), filed on May 6, 2022; and application No. 2023-002477 (JP), filed on Jan. 11, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0359142 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1685 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1695 (2013.01); G03G 21/1638 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1639 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1645 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1675 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1687 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet conveying device, comprising a pair of conveyors each including a conveyance face to convey a recording medium inside an image forming apparatus,
one of the pair of conveyors further including:
an exposed face exposed to an outside of the image forming apparatus while an inside of the image forming apparatus is open;
a handle exposed to the outside of the image forming apparatus and operatable to expose the conveyance face to the outside of the image forming apparatus while the inside of the image forming apparatus is open; and
a swing fulcrum configured to swing the one of the pair of conveyors to expose the conveyance face to the outside of the image forming apparatus when the handle is operated while the inside of the image forming apparatus is open,
the handle including a partial annular portion, the partial annular portion included in a plane including a swing direction around the swing fulcrum.