A sheet conveying device includes a tray, a device body having a conveying route of a sheet and supporting the tray, a side guide supported by the tray to be movable in a first direction intersecting with a conveying direction of the sheet and contacting an end portion in the first direction of the sheet placed on the tray, a cover rotatable with respect to the device body and covering the conveying route, and a lock lever locking the cover to the device body and provided in a position overlapping the side guide in a second direction intersecting with the conveying direction and the first direction. The lock lever is rotatable between a lock position where the cover is locked and a release position where the cover is released. The side guide includes a first notched portion facing a rotation track of the lock lever with a gap.

A medium transport device includes a first roller 9, a second roller 11,a first rotation shaft 13 supporting the first roller, a displacement mechanism 15 configured to displace the first rotation shaft to a first position P1 where the first roller and the second roller are configured to nip the medium and to a second position P2 where both 9 and 11 are separated from each other, and a door 7 configured to rotate into an opened position and into a closed position around an axis that intersects the first rotation, wherein the door includes an acting section 17, the displacement mechanism includes an action receiving section 19, and when the door 7 rotates to the closed position and the acting section 17 no longer pushes the action receiving section 19, the displacement mechanism displaces the first rotation shaft 13 from the first position to the second position.

A sheet product dispenser for dispensing sheet product from a roll of sheet product is provided. An example sheet product dispenser includes a housing defining an interior space for receiving a first roll of sheet product (170a, 170b) therein, a mandrel (150a, 150b) positioned within the interior space, and a spindle (100) positioned over at least a portion of the mandrel and configured to support the first roll of sheet product for rotation about the mandrel. The spindle comprises abase portion (102) and a nose portion (104) configured to translate relative to one another along a longitudinal axis of the mandrel (150a, 150b). At least a portion of the spindle is configured to translate relative to the mandrel from a first configuration to a second configuration to cause a remainder of the first roll of sheet product (170a, 170b) to deform and enable movement of a dispensing door (186) to enable access to a second roll of sheet product.

A transportation portion includes an apparatus body, a cover, first and second path formation portions, and a movement portion. The apparatus body has a transportation path including a downward path and an upward path having portions located at the same level in the Z direction. The cover covers and uncovers the transportation path. The first path formation portion is movable to a first position and to a second position. The second path formation portion defines the upward path and defines the downward path with the first path formation portion. The movement portion moves the first path formation portion in response to opening or closing of the cover. The first path formation portion is positioned in a movement area during a closed state. The movement portion moves the first path formation portion to the second position when the cover is opened and to the first position when the cover is closed.

A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet processing unit, a sheet feeder, and a unit cover. The sheet processing unit inserts an inner sheet into a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at one ends as a bonding portion. The sheet feeder is disposed above the sheet processing unit and is movable to open to expose the sheet processing unit. The sheet feeder feeds one of the two-ply sheet and the inner sheet. The unit cover is disposed above the sheet processing unit and opens to expose the sheet processing unit.

An image forming apparatus includes a first conveyance unit including an image forming unit to convey a sheet on which an image is formed, and a second conveyance unit including a cover movable between a close position and an open position, the second conveyance unit being movable between a first position where the sheet can be conveyed to the sheet conveyance path and a second position separated from the first position. The first conveyance unit includes a retaining portion to retain the cover at a predetermined position, wherein the cover does not interfere with the retaining portion when the second conveyance unit is positioned at the first position, and the cover is in contact with the retaining portion and retained at the open position in a condition where the second conveyance unit is positioned at the second position and the cover is moved from the close position to the open position.

An image forming apparatus has an apparatus main body, a sheet conveyance passage, a cover member, a conveyance unit, a sheet tray, a first sheet feeding portion, and a feed unit. The sheet conveyance passage is inside the apparatus main body. The conveyance unit is inside the cover member and is supported to be pivotable between an open position and a closed position. The first sheet feeding portion has a feed unit. The conveyance unit has a swing guide of which a lower end part is swingably supported on the apparatus main body and which, in the closed position, is located in a first position to face the feed unit and constitute part of the sheet conveyance passage and, in the open position, is located in a second position to be located away from the feed unit.

A conveyance device includes a locking mechanism for an access cover. The locking mechanism includes a cooperating lever and a locking shaft attached to the cooperating lever. The locking shaft is slidable in an axial direction thereof between a locking position where the locking shaft engages in a locking groove of the access cover and a second unlocking position located lateral o the locking groove. When in the second unlocking position, the locking shaft engages with an engaged portion provided at part of a housing or at a fixed frame attached to the housing to constrain the cooperating lever against downward movement of a distal end of the cooperating lever. The locking mechanism further includes an operating member coupled to the locking shaft and including a holding portion capable of being held from outside the housing.

A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a body portion and a guide unit having a first and second guides. Where an openable portion in the body portion is closed, a first conveyance path is formed between the first guide and a third guide in the openable portion and a second conveyance path is formed between the second guide and the body portion, and a sheet is conveyed from the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path by passing through a gap between the guide unit and a downstream end of the third guide. In a state where the openable portion is open, the guide unit moves with respect to the openable portion so the second guide faces the third guide and the gap between the guide unit and the downstream end of the third guide becomes larger than the gap in a state where the openable portion is closed.

A recording-material-transporting apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports a recording material along a transport path; at least one image reader that reads an image formed on the recording material transported by the transport unit; and a common housing that supports the transport unit and the at least one image reader. The transport path is accessible by a user through at least one gap existing between the transport path and the at least one image reader.