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US 5,580,041 AGranted
Sheet receiving and stacking apparatus
AssigneeRiso Kagaku Corporation
InventorKoji Nakayama
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Abstract
A sheet receiving and stacking apparatus includes a base table with a stacking section for stacking a rectangular sheet, and a guide device for receiving the rectangular sheet and guiding the rectangular sheet to the stacking section of the base table. The guide device has a plurality of guide sections rotating in contact with the rectangular sheet above said stacking section.
Claims5
A sheet receiving and stacking apparatus, comprising:
- a base table with a stacking section for stacking a rectangular sheet, and
- guide means for receiving said rectangular sheet and guiding said rectangular sheet to said stacking section of said base table, said guide means having a pair of side boards provided on the base table parallel to a direction of discharge of the rectangular sheet for defining the stacking section, and a plurality of guide sections rotatably supported near the side boards, each side board having a window therein and one of said guide sections protruding into the stacking section through the window so that when the rectangular sheet is discharged above said stacking section, the rectangular sheet contacts said one of the guide sections to allow the guide sections to rotate by weight of the rectangular sheet to thereby adjust a posture of the rectangular sheet and to automatically fall on the stacking section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.