Sheet stacking device and image forming system
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorSatoshi Kohara
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Abstract
A sheet stacking device includes a sheet stacker, a pair of sheet restrictors, and a stacking adaptor. The sheet stacker has a first sheet stacking face on which a bundle of sheets is stacked. The sheet stacker includes a leading end support to support a leading end of the bundle of sheets in a feeding direction by a second sheet stacking face and a pair of cutouts disposed upstream from the leading end support. The pair of sheet restrictors slide in the pair of cutouts in a width direction orthogonal to the feeding direction to regulate a position of the bundle of sheets. The stacking adaptor is detachably attached to the sheet stacker to cover the pair of cutouts. The stacking adaptor has a third sheet stacking face to support a portion of the bundle of sheets disposed at the pair of cutouts.
Claims11
A sheet stacking device comprising:
- a sheet stacker having a first sheet stacking face on which a bundle of sheets is stacked, the sheet stacker including:
- a leading end support configured to support a leading end of the bundle of sheets in a feeding direction of the bundle of sheets by a second sheet stacking face;
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- a pair of cutouts upstream from the leading end support in the feeding direction;
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- a pair of sheet restrictors configured to slide in the pair of cutouts in a width direction orthogonal to the feeding direction to regulate a position of the bundle of sheets on the sheet stacker in the width direction;
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- a stacking adaptor detachably attached to the sheet stacker to cover the pair of cutouts, the stacking adaptor having a third sheet stacking face to support a portion of the bundle of sheets disposed at the pair of cutouts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.