Sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorWATARU KAWATA
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Abstract
A sheet treating apparatus for avoiding electrostatic charge accumulation discharges the sheet P, bearing an image thereon, onto discharge sheet stacking trays provided on the side part of the main body, and receives the trailing end of the sheet by the side part of the main body, and is provided with a grounding member for grounding the sheet by contact with the trailing end of the sheet.
Claims20
A sheet treating apparatus for discharging a sheet, on which an image is formed, onto discharge sheet stacking means provided on a side part of a main body and receiving a trailing end of said sheet by the side part of said main body, said sheet treating apparatus comprising:
- a grounding member provided on said side part for grounding said sheet by coming into contact with the trailing end of said sheet.
A sheet stacking apparatus comprising:
- discharge means for discharging a sheet;
- stacking means for stacking the sheet discharged by said discharge means;
- a position regulating member for regulating a position of an end of the sheet stacked on said stacking means;
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- a grounding member for contacting the sheet stacked on said stacking means, thereby grounding said sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.