SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE

Organization Name

Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor(s)

Kenji Takashima of Numazu Shizuoka (JP)

Eizo Kurita of Sunto Shizuoka (JP)

Toshiaki Oshiro of Izu Shizuoka (JP)

SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18960827 titled 'SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE

Original Abstract Submitted

According to one embodiment, a sheet conveying device includes a tray, a pickup roller, a movement mechanism, a holder, a biasing unit, and a detecting mechanism. The movement mechanism moves the tray between a raised position and a lowered position. The raised position is a position where sheets come into contact with the pickup roller. The holder holds the pickup roller so that the pickup roller is displaceable when pushed up by the sheets. The biasing unit applies a biasing force to the holder pushing down the pickup roller. The detecting mechanism detects when the sheets push up the pickup roller. The detecting mechanism includes a detection unit and a sensor. The detection unit is switchable between a reference position and a detection position according to displacement of the holder accompanying the movement of the tray. The sensor detects when the detection unit reaches the detection position.