US2026021986A1PendingUtilityA1

Medium conveying apparatus

Assignee: PFU LTDPriority: Jul 18, 2024Filed: Jul 8, 2025Published: Jan 22, 2026
Est. expiryJul 18, 2044(~18 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:SEKI KAZUHITO
B65H 2404/2532B65H 2511/13B65H 2515/60B65H 2404/1544B65H 2801/12B65H 7/14B65H 5/062B65H 5/36
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Abstract

A medium conveying apparatus includes a conveyance roller to convey a medium, a facing roller facing the conveyance roller and swingable by a thickness of the medium conveyed, and a guide to guide the medium conveyed by the conveyance roller and the facing roller. The guide moves in conjunction with a swing of the facing roller.

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1 . A medium conveying apparatus comprising:
 a conveyance roller to convey a medium;   a facing roller facing the conveyance roller and swingable by a thickness of the medium conveyed; and   a guide to guide the medium conveyed by the conveyance roller and the facing roller,   wherein the guide moves in conjunction with a swing of the facing roller.   
     
     
         2 . The medium conveying apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a processing device to perform predetermined processing on the medium conveyed by the conveyance roller and the facing roller,
 wherein the guide is located on the processing device.   
     
     
         3 . The medium conveying apparatus according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the guide has a swing fulcrum located at the processing device.   
     
     
         4 . The medium conveying apparatus according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the guide is movable up and down relative to the processing device.   
     
     
         5 . The medium conveying apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a support swingably supporting the facing roller,
 wherein the support includes a contact portion to contact the guide to move the guide.   
     
     
         6 . The medium conveying apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a pressing part to press the guide toward a medium conveying path. 
     
     
         7 . The medium conveying apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the support further includes another guide, and said another guide overlaps the guide when viewed in a direction intersecting a medium conveying direction.   
     
     
         8 . The medium conveying apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the processing device includes an imaging device including an imaging sensor, and   the predetermined processing includes imaging the medium conveyed by the conveyance roller and the facing roller.   
     
     
         9 . A medium conveying apparatus comprising:
 a conveyance roller to convey a medium;   a facing roller facing the conveyance roller,   a processing device located downstream from the conveyance roller and the facing roller in a medium conveying direction; and   a guide located between the processing device and the facing roller to guide the medium, wherein   the facing roller and the guide move in a direction away from the conveyance roller by a thickness of the medium conveyed.

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