Sheet stacking arrangement
AssigneeMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkira Kiba, Hidekazu Nakagami
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Abstract
An improved sheet stacking arrangement for use with a recording apparatus, which includes a sheet feed-out device, a tray provided with an inclined surface descending to a certain extent towards the recording apparatus, and a sheet leading edge restricting portion provided at a side of the recording apparatus beyond an intersection between the inclined surface of the tray and an imaginary line extending in the sheet feed-out direction of the sheet feed-out device so as to receive the leading edge of the sheet fed out by the sheet feed-out device and contacting the inclined surface of the tray, with tray distance between the sheet feed-out device and the tray being shorter than the length of the shortest sheet employed in the recording apparatus.
Claims12
A sheet stacking arrangement for use with a recording apparatus, comprising:
- a sheet feed-out means positioned to one side of the recording apparatus for receiving each of the sheets discharged from the recording apparatus with the surface of the sheets having material recorded thereon directed upwards and feeding the sheets downwardly in a feed-out direction extending toward the one side of the recording apparatus;
- a sheet guide means including a flat guide surface below said sheet feed-out means and extending in a sheet guiding direction for guiding the leading edge of a sheet slightly back toward the recording apparatus so that the surface of the sheet opposite to the surface with the material thereon is directed upwards, the sheet guiding direction being inclined to said feed-out direction, said sheet feed-out direction being between the sheet guiding direction and the recording apparatus so that each sheet fed out of said sheet feed-out means in the feed-out direction contacts said flat surface of said sheet guide means and is guided therealong;
- a tray provided below said sheet feed-out means and having an inclined surface descending to a certain extent toward the recording apparatus, said inclined surface intersecting with said sheet guiding direction;
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- a sheet leading edge restricting means provided at the end of said inclined surface toward the recording apparatus beyond the intersection between the inclined surface and an imaginary line extending in the sheet guiding direction for receiving the leading edge of the sheets fed out by said sheet feed-out means, the distance between said sheet feed-out means and the junction of said restricting means and said inclined surface being less than the length of the shortest sheet employed in the recording apparatus.
A sheet stacking arrangement for use with a recording apparatus, comprising:
- a sheet feed-out roller means positioned to one side of the recording apparatus for receiving each of the sheets discharged form the recording apparatus with the surface of the sheets having material recorded thereon directed upward sand feeding the sheets downwardly in a feed-out direction extending toward the one side of the recording apparatus;
- a sheet guide means including a flat guide surface below said sheet feed-out roller means and extending in a sheet guiding direction for guiding the leading edge of a sheet slightly back toward the recording apparatus so that the surface of the sheet oppsoite to the surface with the material thereon is directed upwards, the sheet guiding direction being inclined to said feed-out direction, said sheet feed-out direction being between the sheet guiding direction and the recording apparatus so that each sheet fed out of said sheet feed-out roller means in the feed-out direction contacts said flat surface of said sheet guide means and is guided therealong;
- a side roller means provided at opposite sides of said sheet feed-out roller means for bringing the leading edge of the sheets fed from said sheet feed-out roller means into positive contact with said sheet guide means;
- a tray provided below said sheet feed-out roller means and having an inclined surface descending to a certain extent toward the recording apparatus, said inclined surface intersecting with said sheet guiding direction;
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- a sheet leading edge restricting means provided at the end of said inclined surface toward the recording apparatus beyond the intersection between the inclined surface and an imaginary line extending in the sheet guiding directio for receiving the leading edge of the sheets fed out by said sheet feed-out roller means, the distance between said sheet feed-out roller means and the junction of said restricting means and said inclined surface being less than the length of the shortest sheet employed in the recording apparatus.
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