# US 10,308,466 B2 · Post-processing apparatus including a pushing member > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,308,466 B2 - Document ID: US10308466B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/718,328 - Filed: 2017-09-28 - Published: 2018-09-20 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-15 - Assignees: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Younsook Kim; Jaeeun Lee; Inhwa Song; Hyunseok Lee; Youna Chu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308466B2 ## CPC - B65H 31/30: Arrangements for removing completed piles (bands, chains, or like moving receivers B65H31/28) - B41J 13/0009: {control of the transport of the copy material} - B65H 29/00: Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles - B65H 31/02: with stationary end support against which pile accumulates - B65H 31/3081: {by acting on edge of the pile for moving it along a surface, e.g. by pushing} - B65H 31/36: Auxiliary devices for contacting each article with a front stop as it is piled - B65H 43/00: Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable - B65H 2301/4212: of articles substantially horizontal - B65H 2301/4213: of a limited number of articles, e.g. buffering, forming bundles - B65H 2404/1114: Paddle wheel - B65H 2405/11151: with surface inclined upwardly in transport direction - B65H 2511/13: Thickness - B65H 2511/20: Location in space - B65H 2515/10: Mass, e.g. mass flow rate; Weight; Inertia - B65H 2801/27: Devices located downstream of office-type machines - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS ## Abstract A post-processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores plural recording media for performing post-processing, a pushing member that pushes trailing ends of the recording media stored in the storing unit toward an ejection port, and a controller that controls the pushing member to stop at a position at which the pushing member supports a recording medium that is transported. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A post-processing apparatus comprising: a storing unit configured to store a plurality of recording media for performing post-processing; a pushing member configured to push trailing ends of the recording media stored in the storing unit toward an ejection port; and a controller configured to, if a thickness of the recording medium is not less than a predetermined threshold, control the pushing member to stop at a position at which the pushing member supports a recording medium that is transported. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The post-processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to, after a recording medium has been ejected as a result of being pushed toward the ejection port by the pushing member, control the pushing member to move in a direction opposite to a direction in which the pushing member pushes the recording medium and then stop at a position at which the pushing member supports another recording medium that is to be transported next. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The post-processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to, if processing based on a single execution instruction is complete, control the pushing member to stop at a position at which the pushing member is accommodated in an apparatus body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The post-processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to, if processing based on a single execution instruction is complete, control the pushing member to stop at a position at which the pushing member is accommodated in an apparatus body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The post-processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a transport member configured to rotate while being in contact with a surface of a trailing end portion of a recording medium that is transported to transport the recording medium to the storing unit. ### Claim 6 A post-processing apparatus comprising: a storing unit configured to store a plurality of recording media for performing post-processing; a pushing member configured to push trailing ends of the recording media stored in the storing unit toward an ejection port; and a controller configured to control the pushing member to stop at different positions in accordance with a thickness of the recording media. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The post-processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to, if the thickness of the recording medium is less than the predetermined threshold, control the pushing member to stop at a position at which the pushing member is accommodated in an apparatus body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The post-processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to, if processing based on a single execution instruction is complete, control the pushing member stop at the position at which the pushing member is accommodated in the apparatus body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The post-processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to, after a recording medium has been ejected as a result of being pushed toward the ejection port by the pushing member, control the pushing member to move in a direction opposite to a direction in which the pushing member pushes the recording medium and then stop at a position at which the pushing member supports another recording medium that is to be transported next. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The post-processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to, if processing based on a single execution instruction is complete, control the pushing member to stop at a position at which the pushing member is accommodated in an apparatus body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The post-processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to, if processing based on a single execution instruction is complete, control the pushing member to stop at a position at which the pushing member is accommodated in an apparatus body.