Sheet discharge apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same

A sheet discharge apparatus comprising:

• a main tray on which a sheet is to be stacked and which is pivotable between a closed position at which the main tray is closed with respect to a main body of the sheet discharge apparatus and an opened position at which the main tray is opened with respect to the main body of the sheet discharge apparatus;
• a discharge unit configured to discharge the sheet onto the main tray in a case where the main tray is at the closed position;
• and
• an expansion tray configured to expand a stacking area of the main tray, wherein the expansion tray is provided to the main tray and movable between a storage position at which the expansion tray is stored in the main tray and an expansion position at which the expansion tray is slid from the storage position in a sheet discharge direction and expands the stacking area,
• wherein, at the expansion position, the expansion tray is pivotable on a pivot center provided to the expansion tray, in a vertically upward direction, by a predetermined angle, independently of the main tray, wherein the pivot center of the expansion tray is provided at a position closer to an upstream edge of the expansion tray than a downstream edge of the expansion tray in the sheet discharge direction, and
• wherein a direction in which the expansion tray is pivoted in the vertically upward direction is the same as a direction in which the main tray is pivoted from the closed position to the opened position.

A sheet discharge apparatus comprising:

• a main tray on which a sheet is to be stacked and which is pivotable between a closed position at which the main tray is closed with respect to a main body of the sheet discharge apparatus and an opened position at which the main tray is opened with respect to the main body of the sheet discharge apparatus;
• a discharge unit configured to discharge the sheet onto the main tray in a case where the main tray is at the closed position;
• and
• an expansion tray configured to expand a stacking area of the main tray, wherein the expansion tray is provided to the main tray and movable between a storage position at which the expansion tray is stored in the main tray and an expansion position at which the expansion tray is slid from the storage position in a sheet discharge direction and expands the stacking area,
• wherein, at the expansion position, the expansion tray is pivotable on a pivot center provided to the main tray, in a vertically upward direction, by a predetermined angle, independently of the main tray.