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US 6,264,191 B1Granted
Sheet discharging apparatus and a sheet discharging method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsNobuyoshi Suzuki, Masahiro Tamura, Yukitaka Nakazato, Junichi Iida, Akihito Andoh
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Abstract
A sheet discharging apparatus including a sheet discharging device which discharges a sheet on a sheet discharging tray. A sheet tip portion guide device holds thereupon a tip portion of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging device, guides the sheet in a sheet discharging direction while holding the tip portion of the sheet thereupon, and releases the sheet by releasing the tip portion of the sheet held thereupon.
Claims21
A sheet discharging apparatus, comprising:
- a sheet discharging device which discharges a sheet on a sheet discharging tray;
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- a sheet tip portion guide device which holds thereupon a tip portion of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging device, guides the sheet in a sheet discharging direction while holding the tip portion of the sheet thereupon, and releases the sheet by releasing the tip portion of the sheet held thereupon,
- wherein the sheet tip portion guide device includes a holding member which holds the tip portion of the sheet thereupon and which moves in the sheet discharging direction with the tip portion of the sheet held thereupon by a pushing force of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging device to guide the sheet in the sheet discharging direction, and
- wherein the holding member is configured to swing so as to release the tip portion of the sheet by the pushing force of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging device, and the sheet discharging apparatus further comprises a swing regulation member so as to regulate rotations of the holding member for a predetermined distance after the holding member starts to move by the pushing force of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging device.
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A sheet discharging apparatus, comprising:
- means for discharging a sheet on a sheet discharging tray;
- and
- means for holding thereupon a tip portion of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging means, for guiding the sheet in a sheet discharging direction while holding the tip portion of the sheet thereupon, and for releasing the sheet by releasing the tip portion of the sheet held thereupon,
- wherein the sheet tip portion guide means includes means for holding the tip portion of the sheet thereupon and moving in the sheet discharging direction with the tip portion of the sheet held thereupon by a pushing force of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging means to guide the sheet in the sheet discharging direction, and
- wherein the holding means is configured to swing so as to release the tip portion of the sheet by the pushing force of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging means, and the sheet discharging apparatus further comprises means for regulating rotations of the holding means for a predetermined distance after the holding means starts to move by the pushing force of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging means.
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A method for discharging a sheet on a sheet discharging tray of a sheet discharging apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
- discharging a sheet from a sheet discharging device of the sheet discharging apparatus;
- holding a tip portion of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging device by a sheet tip portion guide device of the sheet discharging apparatus and guiding the sheet in a sheet discharging direction while holding the tip portion of the sheet by the sheet tip portion guide device;
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- releasing the sheet by releasing the tip portion of the sheet held by the sheet tip portion guide devices,
- wherein the sheet tip portion guide device includes a holding member which holds the tip portion of the sheet thereupon and which moves in the sheet discharging direction with the tip portion of the sheet held thereupon by a pushing force of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging device to guide the sheet in the sheet discharging direction, and
- wherein the holding member is configured to swing so as to release the tip portion of the sheet by the pushing force of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging device, and the sheet discharging apparatus further comprises a swing regulation member so as to regulate rotations of the holding member for a predetermined distance after the holding member starts to move by the pushing force of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.