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US 6,494,450 B2Granted
Paper discharge base of image forming apparatus
AssigneeRiso Kagaku Corporation
InventorTakeshi Tsurumaki
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Abstract
A paper discharge base is applied with a sponge sheet as a damping plate of an impact wall. A protection sheet is pasted on a surface of the sponge sheet. When the damping plate is impacted by a print sheet, the impact force is transmitted from the protection sheet to the sponge sheet and is damped by the sponge sheet. Further, the sponge sheet is protected by the protection sheet and therefore, the sponge sheet is not destructed by the impact of the print sheet.
Claims5
A paper discharge base of an image forming apparatus comprising:
- an impact wall impacted by a print sheet discharged from a printing section and having an impact position;
- a damping member provided on a surface of the impact wall for damping impact caused by impacting the print sheet, said damping member being formed of a sponge sheet and a protection sheet attached to a surface of the sponge sheet impacted by the print sheet, and including an upper end portion, a space portion on a rear face side of the impact position, and a lower end portion provided in a direction of discharging the print sheet relative to the upper end portion, one of the upper and lower end portions being fixed to a side of the impact wall and the other of the upper and lower end portions being held slidably in up and down directions relative to the side of the impact wall;
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- a paper mounting floor loaded with the print sheet which has been impacted to the damping member and drops.
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A paper discharge base of an image forming apparatus comprising:
- an impact wall impacted by a print sheet discharged from a printing section having an impact position;
- a damping member provided on a surface of the impact wall for damping impact caused by impacting the print sheet, said damping member being formed of a sponge sheet and a protection sheet attached to a surface of the sponge sheet impacted by the print sheet, and having a space portion on a rear face side of the impact position;
- position adjusting means provided at the impact wall and capable of adjusting a position of the damping member in up and down directions, said position adjusting means including a click mechanism for positioning the damping member to a predetermined position in the up and down directions;
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- a paper mounting floor loaded with the print sheet which has been impacted to the damping member and drops.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.