Sheet storage device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorToshiyuki Mae
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Abstract
A sheet storage device includes a sheet storage to stack and store sheets conveyed to the sheet storage in a conveyance direction. The sheet storage includes: a first sheet contact surface at a downstream end of the sheet storage in the conveyance direction; a second sheet contact surface at one end of the sheet storage in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to each of the conveyance direction and the gravity direction; a first inclined portion having an upper end at a downstream side and a lower end at an upstream side in the conveyance direction and having the first sheet contact surface tilted downward in a gravity direction from the upper end to the lower end; and a second inclined portion tilted downward in the gravity direction toward the second sheet contact surface in the orthogonal direction.
Claims20
A sheet storage device comprising:
- a sheet storage to stack and store sheets conveyed to the sheet storage in a conveyance direction, the sheet storage including:
- a first sheet contact surface at a downstream end of the sheet storage in the conveyance direction;
- a second sheet contact surface at one end of the sheet storage in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to each of the conveyance direction and a gravity direction;
- a first inclined portion having an upper end at a downstream side and a lower end at an upstream side in the conveyance direction and having the first sheet contact surface tilted downward in the gravity direction from the upper end to the lower end;
- and
- a second inclined portion tilted downward in the gravity direction toward the second sheet contact surface in the orthogonal direction,
- wherein:
- the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion cause the sheets to naturally align with the conveyance direction and the gravity direction;
- and
- the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion cause the sheets to collide with the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion, be pushed back, and be brought into contact again with the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion to be aligned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.