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US 11,001,467 B2Granted
Pivotable tray for jam clearance in sheet folding device
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorKatsuhiko Hanamoto
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Abstract
A paper sheet folding device (sheet folding device) 160 includes a paper sheet folding unit 60 and a tray unit 110 that is provided on one side surface 161a of a device main body 161 and includes a lower discharge tray 121 on which a paper sheet S discharged through a lower discharge port 85 is loaded. The tray unit 110 is pivotable in an up-down direction about a pivotal shaft 111. A discharge drive mechanism 132 is disposed at a center portion of the tray unit 110 in a paper sheet width direction.
Claims13
A sheet folding device, comprising:
- a device main body;
- a sheet tray that is built in the device main body and on which a sheet is carried in and the sheet is loaded;
- a folding unit that performs a folding process with respect to the sheet loaded on the sheet tray;
- a sheet discharge port that is provided on one side surface of the device main body and through which the sheet applied the folding process is discharged;
- and
- a tray unit that is provided on the one side surface of the device main body and includes a discharge tray on which the sheet discharged through the sheet discharge port is loaded,
- wherein
- the tray unit is supported to the device main body so as to be pivotable in an up-down direction about a pivotal shaft that is provided at an end portion of the tray unit on an upstream side in a sheet discharge direction and extends in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet discharge direction,
- the tray unit includes:
- a pair of conveyance members that is arranged, along the sheet discharge direction, respectively on both sides with respect to a center portion of the discharge tray in the sheet width direction and convey the sheet on the discharge tray to a downstream side in the sheet discharge direction;
- a drive mechanism that is disposed, below the discharge tray, between the pair of conveyance members and at the center portion of the discharge tray in the sheet width direction and drives the pair of conveyance members;
- and
- a drive housing that houses the drive mechanism,
- the device main body has an opening provided through the one side surface, and
- the tray unit is disposed selectively at a first position at which the sheet discharged through the sheet discharge port can be loaded on the discharge tray and at a second position at which the sheet tray inside the device main body is exposed from the one side surface via the opening, being above the first position.
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A sheet folding device, comprising:
- a device main body;
- a sheet tray that is built in the device main body and on which a sheet is carried in and the sheet is loaded;
- a folding unit that performs a folding process with respect to the sheet loaded on the sheet tray;
- a sheet discharge port that is provided on one side surface of the device main body and through which the sheet applied the folding process is discharged;
- and
- a tray unit that is provided on the one side surface of the device main body and includes a discharge tray on which the sheet discharged through the sheet discharge port is loaded,
- wherein
- the tray unit is supported to the device main body so as to be pivotable in an up-down direction about a pivotal shaft that is provided at an end portion of the tray unit on an upstream side in a sheet discharge direction and extends in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet discharge direction,
- the tray unit includes:
- a pair of conveyance members that is arranged, along the sheet discharge direction, respectively on both sides with respect to a center portion of the discharge tray in the sheet width direction and convey the sheet on the discharge tray to a downstream side in the sheet discharge direction;
- a drive mechanism that is disposed, below the discharge tray, between the pair of conveyance members and at the center portion of the discharge tray in the sheet width direction and drives the pair of conveyance members;
- and
- a drive housing that houses the drive mechanism, and
- a downstream end of the sheet tray is disposed at a position below the tray unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.