Sheet processing apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasunobu Terao
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes a first tray, a second tray, and a pressing member. The pressing member includes a turning shaft, the turning shaft being located on the downstream side of a transport direction of the sheet to the first tray, relative to an end of the upstream side of the sheet supported in the first tray, and when the sheet is moved from the first tray toward the second tray, rotates about the turning shaft. The pressing member rotates about the turning shaft, to press the sheet toward the second tray at a position on the upstream side relative to the turning shaft.
Claims14
A sheet processing apparatus, comprising:
- a first tray that supports a transported sheet conveyed by a roller;
- a second tray that is provided below the first tray;
- a paddle unit located at a position below and upstream of the first tray in a transport direction of the sheet transported to the first tray, the paddle unit including paddles for pressing the sheet toward the second tray to guide the sheet from the first tray to the second tray;
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- a pressing member that:
- includes an upstream end in the transport direction of the sheet, the upstream end being capable of moving downward below the first tray and upward above the first tray,
- includes notches on the upstream end of the pressing member in the transport direction of the sheet, the notches corresponding to the paddles so that the paddle pass through the notches when the paddles press the sheet toward the second tray, and
- when the sheet is moved from the first tray toward the second tray, presses the sheet toward the second tray by moving the upstream end downward below the first tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.