Stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRYOICHI KAWASUMI
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Abstract
A stacking apparatus includes: a stacking portion on which a sheet discharged by a discharge member is to be stacked; a tray including a placement surface on which the same sheet as the sheet stacked on the stacking portion is to be placed, wherein the tray is movable with respect to the stacking portion; and a holding portion configured to hold the tray in a first state and in a second state in which the tray is able to support the sheet. The placement surface of the tray in the first state is in a state of a vertical, or in a state closer to the vertical than the placement surface of the tray in the second state.
Claims20
A stacking apparatus, comprising:
- a stacking portion on which a sheet discharged by a discharge member is to be stacked;
- a tray including a placement surface on which the same sheet as the sheet stacked on the stacking portion is to be placed, wherein the tray is movable with respect to the stacking portion;
- and
- a holding portion configured to hold the tray in a first state and in a second state in which the tray is able to support the sheet,
- wherein the placement surface of the tray in the first state is in a state of a vertical, or in a state closer to the vertical than the placement surface of the tray in the second state.
A stacking apparatus, comprising:
- a stacking portion on which a sheet discharged by a discharge member is to be stacked;
- a tray including a placement surface on which the same sheet as the sheet stacked on the stacking portion is to be placed, wherein the tray is movable with respect to the stacking portion;
- and
- a support portion configured to support the tray in a sliding-movable and rotatable manner,
- wherein the tray is slid and moved from a first state, and then is rotated to be brought into a second state in which the tray is able to support the sheet, and
- wherein the placement surface of the tray in the first state is in a state of a vertical, or in a state closer to the vertical than the placement surface of the tray in the second state.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet;
- and
- a stacking apparatus including:
- a stacking portion on which the sheet, on which the image is formed by the image forming portion and which is discharged by a discharge member, is to be stacked;
- a tray including a placement surface on which the same sheet as the sheet stacked on the stacking portion is to be placed, wherein the tray is movable with respect to the stacking portion;
- and
- a holding portion configured to hold the tray in a first state and in a second state in which the tray is able to support the sheet,
- wherein the placement surface of the tray in the first state is in a state of a vertical, or in a state closer to the vertical than the placement surface of the tray in the second state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.