CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This patent application is based on and claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) to Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2019-007675, filed on Jan. 21, 2019, and 2019-189124, filed on Oct. 16, 2019, in the Japan Patent Office, the entire disclosure of each of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

BACKGROUND

Technical Field

This disclosure relates to a sheet conveying device and an image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveying device.

Discussion of the Background Art

Various types of sheet conveying devices are known to include a support unit including a pair of rollers to grip a sheet to be conveyed. Such a support unit is movable between an installed position to a housing of the sheet conveying device and a full open position from the housing of the sheet conveying device.

SUMMARY

At least one aspect of this disclosure provides a sheet conveying device including a support configured to move between a storage position and a full open position, with respect to a housing of an image forming apparatus. The support includes a pair of rollers, a plurality of contact bodies, and a switching unit. The pair of rollers includes two rollers and configured to hold and convey a sheet. The plurality of contact bodies is provided in the housing of the image forming apparatus. The switching unit includes a plurality of contact target bodies disposed at different positions along a direction of movement of the support and is configured to contact the plurality of contact bodies during the movement of the support or at completion of the movement of the support from the full open position to the storage position. The switching unit is configured to switch the two rollers between a press contact state and a roller separated state. The switching unit is configured to switch the two rollers from the roller separated state to the press contact state in response to contact of the plurality of contact target bodies with the plurality of contact bodies. The plurality of contact bodies includes a first contact body and a second contact body. The first contact body is located at a position closer to the storage position than the plurality of contact target bodies in a case in which the support is located at the full open position and is located at a position closer to the full open position than the plurality of contact target bodies in a case in which the support is located at the storage position. The second contact body is located at a position closer to the storage position than a part of the plurality of contact target bodies located closer to the storage position than the first contact body in a case in which the support is located at a halfway position between the storage position and the full open position and is located at a position closer to the full open position than the plurality of contact target bodies in a case in which the support is located at the storage position.

Further, at least one aspect of this disclosure provides an image forming apparatus including the above-described sheet conveying device and a housing including an image forming unit configured to form an image on the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying device.

