Paper ejection device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsFumiyuki Honda, Yukihiro Ichiki, Sota Hara, Kenichi Ishikura, Kazuhiro Tobita, Sho Ogawa
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Abstract
A paper ejection device includes: an ejection portion that ejects sheets of paper; a housing portion that houses the ejected sheets of paper in a sequentially stacked state; and a guiding portion that guides the sheets of paper, before being ejected, to the ejection portion while curving the sheets of paper. The housing portion is adjustable to plural angles including at least an angle at which the ejected sheets of paper are housed while being curved in a direction opposite to a direction in which the sheets of paper have been curved by the guiding portion.
Claims12
A paper ejection device comprising:
- an ejection portion that ejects sheets of paper;
- a housing portion that houses the ejected sheets of paper in a sequentially stacked state;
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- a guiding portion that guides the sheets of paper, before being ejected, to the ejection portion while curving the sheets of paper,
- wherein the housing portion is adjustable to a plurality of angles including at least an angle at which the ejected sheets of paper are housed while being curved in a direction opposite to a direction in which the sheets of paper have been curved by the guiding portion,
- wherein the angle of the housing portion at which the housing portion houses the sheets of paper while curving the sheets of paper is changed in accordance with a number of the sheets of paper housed in the housing portion such that the angle is changed to such a direction that the sheets of paper are curved by the housing portion more gently as a larger number of the sheets of paper are housed in the housing portion.
A paper ejection device comprising:
- an ejection portion that ejects sheets of paper;
- a housing portion that houses the ejected sheets of paper in a sequentially stacked state;
- a guiding portion that guides the sheets of paper, before being ejected, to the ejection portion while curving the sheets of paper;
- and
- a heating portion that heats the sheets of paper before being ejected,
- wherein the housing portion is movable to a plurality of positions, with respect to the ejection portion, including at least a position at which the sheets of paper are housed while being curved in a direction opposite to a direction in which the sheets of paper have been curved by the guiding portion and more sharply than curved by the guiding portion,
- wherein a position of the housing portion is changed in accordance with a number of the sheets of paper housed in the housing portion such that the housing portion is moved in a direction farther away from the ejection portion as a larger number of the sheets of paper are housed in the housing portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.