Sheet Ejector and Sheet Feeder Having the Same
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki SHINGAI
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Abstract
A sheet ejector, configured to eject sheets so as to insert a later-ejected sheet under an earlier-ejected sheet on a catch tray, includes a feed roller provided to the catch tray, wherein the feed roller is configured to feed, in a predetermined ejecting direction, the later-ejected sheet that is inserted under the earlier-ejected sheet, and a switching mechanism configured to switch a state of the feed roller relative to a sheet on the catch tray between a contact state where the feed roller contacts the sheet on the catch tray and a non-contact state where the feed roller is kept from contacting the sheet on the catch tray.
Claims20
A sheet ejector configured to eject sheets so as to insert a later-ejected sheet under an earlier-ejected sheet on a catch tray, comprising:
- a feed roller provided to the catch tray, wherein the feed roller is configured to feed, in a predetermined ejecting direction, the later-ejected sheet that is inserted under the earlier-ejected sheet;
- and
- a switching mechanism configured to switch a state of the feed roller relative to a sheet on the catch tray between:
- a contact state where the feed roller contacts the sheet on the catch tray;
- and
- a non-contact state where the feed roller is kept from contacting the sheet on the catch tray.
A sheet feeder comprising a sheet ejector configured to eject sheets so as to insert a later-ejected sheet under an earlier-ejected sheet on a catch tray,
- wherein the sheet ejector comprises:
- a feed roller provided to the catch tray, wherein the feed roller is configured to feed, in a predetermined ejecting direction, the later-ejected sheet that is inserted under the earlier-ejected sheet;
- and
- a switching mechanism configured to switch a state of the feed roller relative to a sheet on the catch tray between:
- a contact state where the feed roller contacts the sheet on the catch tray;
- and
- a non-contact state where the feed roller is kept from contacting the sheet on the catch tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.