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Granted Patent B2
US 12692107 · App. 18/412,213 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Medium conveying apparatus

Inventors: Kiichiro Shimosaka (Kahoku, JP); Syuichi Morikawa (Kahoku, JP)
Assignee: PFU LIMITED
B65H1/04B65H2405/114B65H2601/272
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12692107
App. No.
18/412,213
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medium conveying apparatus includes a mounting table having a mounting surface on which a medium is to be placed, a side guide disposed on the mounting surface and including a restricting surface to restrict the medium in a width direction of the medium, and a recessed portion disposed at an upstream or downstream end portion of the side guide in a medium conveyance direction of the medium. The recessed portion has an upper surface and a side surface. The side surface includes a first portion having a first angle with respect to the restricting surface and a second portion having a second angle with respect to the restricting surface. The second angle is different from the first angle.

Claims (12)

1 . A medium conveying apparatus, comprising:

a mounting table having a mounting surface on which a medium is to be placed;

a side guide disposed on the mounting surface and including a restricting surface to restrict the medium in a width direction of the medium; and

a recessed portion disposed at an upstream or downstream end portion of the side guide in a medium conveyance direction of the medium,

wherein the recessed portion has a side surface including a first portion having a first angle with respect to the restricting surface and a second portion having a second angle with respect to the restricting surface, and an upper surface disposed above the side surface, and the second angle is different from the first angle, and

wherein the upper surface does not protrude toward a center side of the mounting table further than the restricting surface, in a direction perpendicular to the medium conveyance direction.

2 . The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the side guide further has a contact surface to contact a lower surface of the medium placed on the mounting table, the contact surface has a region overlapping with the recessed portion in the direction perpendicular to the medium conveyance direction and a region not overlapping with the recessed portion in the direction perpendicular to the medium conveyance direction, and the region overlapping with the recessed portion has a height lower than a height of the region not overlapping with the recessed portion.

3 . The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an end of the recessed portion in the medium conveyance direction is inclined with respect to the direction perpendicular to the medium conveyance direction.

4 . The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion is open toward a side of the restricting surface of the side guide for restricting the medium in the width direction of the medium.

5 . The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the upper surface abuts against an end of the medium when the medium is conveyed and the end of the medium in the direction perpendicular to the medium conveyance direction enters the recessed portion.

6 . The medium conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the upper surface is disposed above the mounting surface.