Discharging device and image forming apparatus

A discharging device for discharging a sheet, comprising:

• an aligning unit, on which the sheet fed is stacked, configured to align the stacked sheets as a sheet bundle;
• a discharging unit configured to discharge the sheet bundle of the sheets aligned by said aligning unit, wherein said discharging unit is provided with a roller pair constituted of a first roller including a plurality of first rotatable members and a second roller including a plurality of second rotatable members and discharges the sheet in the sheet discharging direction by said roller pair, the plurality of first rotatable members and the plurality of second rotatable members are disposed in a different position with respect to the sheet widthwise direction perpendicular to the sheet discharging direction each other and so as to partially overlap as seen from the sheet widthwise direction;
• a discharged tray on which the sheet discharged by said discharging unit is stacked;
• and
• a plurality of support members configured to support the sheet bundle from below by extending in a sheet discharging direction of the sheet bundle while the sheet bundle is discharged to said discharged tray by said discharging unit and to be accommodated in a direction opposite to the sheet discharging direction at timing when said discharging unit finishes discharging the sheet bundle,
• wherein said plurality of support members are disposed between said first roller and said second roller with respect to the sheet widthwise direction.