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US 2001/0010193 A1Published application
Paper discharge base of image forming apparatus
AssigneeRiso Kagaku Corporation
InventorTakeshi Tsurumaki
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Abstract
A paper discharge base 10 is applied with a sponge sheet 84 as a damping plate 78 of an impact wall 70 provided at a paper discharge base 10. A protection sheet 16 is pasted on a surface of the sponge sheet 84. When the damping plate 78 is impacted by print sheet P, the impact force is transmitted from the protection sheet 86 to the sponge sheet 84 and is damped by the sponge sheet 84. Further, the sponge sheet 84 is protected by the protection sheet 86 and therefore, the sponge sheet 84 is not destructed by impact of the print sheet P.
Claims8
A paper discharge base of an image forming apparatus comprising:
- an impact wall impacted by print sheet discharged from a printing section;
- a damping member provided on a surface of the impact wall for damping impact caused by impacting the print sheet;
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- a paper mounting floor loaded with the print sheet which is impacted to the damping member and drops;
- wherein the damping member comprises a sponge sheet and a protection sheet attached to a surface of the sponge sheet impacted by the print sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.