Sheet stacker and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorIkumi KAZAMA
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Abstract
A sheet stacker includes a load table to stack a bundle of sheets; a conveyor to convey a sheet to the load table in a conveyance direction at a conveyance speed; a guide including a holder to: hold a leading end of the sheet conveyed by the conveyor by the holder at a standby position; and move the holder to guide the sheet along a movement path in the conveyance direction at a moving speed while holding the sheet by the holder; and a leading-end alignment mechanism including a partition extending to the movement path of the holder, the leading-end alignment mechanism to align, in the conveyance direction, a leading-end position of the sheet on the load table; and circuitry configured to differentiate the conveyance speed of the conveyor and the moving speed of the holder.
Claims16
A sheet stacker comprising:
- a load table to stack a bundle of sheets;
- a conveyor to convey a sheet to the load table in a conveyance direction at a conveyance speed;
- a guide including a holder to:
- hold a leading end of the sheet conveyed by the conveyor by the holder at a standby position;
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- move the holder to guide the sheet along a movement path in the conveyance direction at a moving speed while holding the sheet by the holder;
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- a leading-end alignment mechanism including a partition extending to the movement path of the holder, the leading-end alignment mechanism to align, in the conveyance direction, a leading-end position of the sheet on the load table;
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- circuitry configured to differentiate the conveyance speed of the conveyor and the moving speed of the holder to detach and load the sheet, held by the holder, on the load table at a detachment position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.