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US 12,429,810 · App. 18/447,182 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Support frame for sheet conveying apparatus and sheet conveying apparatus

Inventor: Kotaro Torikata (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G03G21/1619B41J29/02B41J29/06B60B33/0005B65H2402/441B65H2801/06
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Patent No.
US 12,429,810
App. No.
18/447,182
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus includes a bottom plate that includes a first member having a first surface portion and a first wall portion and a second member having a second surface portion and a second wall portion, a support rod that is fixed to the bottom plate, and a plurality of installation members that is fixed to the bottom plate and installs the sheet conveying apparatus. The second member is fixed to the first member by the second wall portion overlapping and being joined to the first wall portion on an outer side of the first wall portion.

Claims (31)

1. A support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus, comprising:

a bottom plate that includes a first member that has a first plate with a substantially rectangular shape and a second member that has a second plate with a substantially rectangular shape, the first plate and the second plate being overlapped with each other in a vertical direction so that the second plate is provided below the first plate in the vertical direction;

a support rod that is fixed to the bottom plate; and

a plurality of installation members that is fixed to the bottom plate and installs the sheet conveying apparatus on an installation surface, wherein

the second plate includes a plurality of holes provided with a distance from a peripheral edge of the second plate in a horizontal direction and penetrating the second plate in the vertical direction, and

the plurality of installation members are respectively inserted into the plurality of holes, and fixed to the first plate.

2. The support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first member has a first wall portion that is bent at a substantially right angle to the first plate and extends vertically downward from a peripheral edge of the first plate, and

the second member has a second wall portion that is bent at a substantially right angle to the second plate and extends vertically upward from the peripheral edge of the second plate.

3. The support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the second member is fixed to the first member by the second wall portion overlapping and being joined to the first wall portion on an outer side of the first wall portion.

4. The support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the second wall portion includes an extending portion that extends vertically above the first plate of the first member, and the second wall portion is fixed to the first member so that an edge of the extending portion of the second wall portion is located vertically above the first plate.

5. The support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the support rod is fixed to the extending portion of the second wall portion.

6. The support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the support rod includes a projecting portion that is erected on the first member inside of a rectangular peripheral edge of the first member, and projects toward the second wall portion to be connected to the second wall portion.

7. The support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the installation member is a rotatable caster that causes the sheet conveying apparatus to be movable, and is provided at a corner of the bottom plate.

8. The support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the support rod includes an inner rod member and an outer rod member joined to each other,

one of the inner rod member and the outer rod member includes an erection connection portion that is connected to the first member to erect the support rod, and

another of the inner rod member and the outer rod member does not include the erection connection portion.

9. The support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the one of the inner rod member and the outer rod member has a U-shaped cross-section cut by a plane parallel to the bottom plate when the support rod is erected on the first member, and includes the erection connection portion on each of three sides of a lower end portion that abuts against the first member.

10. The support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the bottom plate includes a cavity portion that is formed in an internal space surrounded by the first member and the second member, and

at least one of the first member and the second member includes a cone trapezoidal portion that projects into the cavity portion to connect the first member and the second member.

11. A sheet conveying apparatus comprising:

a conveying unit configured to convey a sheet; and

the support frame according to claim 1 , the support frame supporting the conveying unit.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-092205 · May 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17318750 · May 12, 2021
Related Publication 20240019808A1 · Jan 18, 2024
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