Sheet ejection device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorRyohhei OHYA
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Abstract
A sheet ejection device includes a stacker to stack a sheet ejected to the stacker in a sheet ejection direction, and a contact member to pivot when the contact member is in contact with an ejection sheet moving to the stacker. The contact member includes an ejection sheet contact portion to contact the ejection sheet, a stacked sheet contact portion disposed opposite the ejection sheet contact portion and including a contact portion to contact a stacked sheet stacked on the stacker, and a pressing portion to press the stacked sheet. The pressing portion is disposed at an intersection between the ejection sheet contact portion and the stacked sheet contact portion. The contact portion has a curved shape convex in the sheet ejection direction.
Claims14
A sheet ejection device comprising:
- a stacker to stack a sheet ejected to the stacker in a sheet ejection direction;
- and
- a contact member to pivot when the contact member is in contact with an ejection sheet moving to the stacker, the contact member including:
- an ejection sheet contact portion to contact the ejection sheet;
- a stacked sheet contact portion disposed opposite the ejection sheet contact portion, the stacked sheet contact portion including a contact portion to contact a stacked sheet stacked on the stacker;
- and
- a pressing portion to press the stacked sheet, the pressing portion disposed at an intersection between the ejection sheet contact portion and the stacked sheet contact portion,
- wherein the contact portion has a curved shape convex in the sheet ejection direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.