Sheet receiving/stacking device, and image forming apparatus having the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuyoshi Hayakawa, Teruo Komatsu, Tsuyoshi Waragai, Tomoyuki Araki, Atsushi Ogata, Masayoshi Fukatsu
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A sheet receiving/stacking device, which has a sheet stacking portion for stacking sheets, a sheet conveying portion for conveying sheets to the sheet stacking portion, and a retractable sheet guiding portion for catching the bottom surface of a sheet and then guiding the sheet to the sheet stacking portion. The sheet guiding portion is moveable between a guide position and a retracted position.
Claims21
A sheet receiving and stacking device comprising:
- sheet stacking means for stacking sheets;
- sheet conveying means for conveying sheets to said sheet stacking means;
- and
- sheet guiding means for leading sheets conveyed by said sheet conveying means to said sheet stacking means by guiding a part of a bottom surface of each sheet,
- wherein said sheet guiding means is moveable between a guide position at which said sheet guiding means guides the sheet, and a retracted position at which said sheet guiding means does not guide the sheet, and
- wherein said sheet guiding means aligns in a widthwise direction the sheets stacked on said sheet stacking means while guiding a bottom surface of the guided sheet in the guide position.
A sheet receiving and stacking device having sheet stacking means for stacking sheets, sheet conveying means for conveying sheets to said sheet stacking means, and sheet guiding means for leading sheets conveyed by said sheet conveying means to said sheet stacking means by guiding a part of a bottom surface of each of the sheets, said sheet receiving and stacking device comprising:
- a sheet guiding member, disposed above said sheet stacking means and under said sheet conveying means, for guiding a part of a bottom surface of the sheet conveyed by said sheet conveying means and leading the sheet to said sheet stacking means,
- wherein said sheet guiding member is moveable between a guide position, in which said sheet guiding member guides the sheet, and a retracted position in which said sheet guiding member does not guide the sheet, and
- wherein said sheet guiding means aligns in a widthwise direction the sheets stacked on said sheet stacking means while guiding a bottom surface of the guided sheet in the guide position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.