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US 6,505,829 B2Granted
Sheet treating apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorWataru Kawata
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Abstract
A sheet treating apparatus for avoiding electrostatic charge accumulation discharges the sheet P, bearing an image thereon, onto discharge sheet stacking trays provided on the side part of the main body, and receives the trailing end of the sheet by the side part of the main body, and is provided with a grounding member for grounding the sheet by contact with the trailing end of the sheet.
Claims26
A sheet stacking apparatus comprising:
- discharge means for discharging a sheet;
- stacking means for stacking the sheet discharged by said discharge means;
- and
- a grounding member for contacting the sheet stacked on said stacking means, thereby grounding said sheet,
- wherein said grounding member is disposed in a position in which said grounding member is out of contact with a discharging sheet being discharged by said discharge means, and
- wherein said grounding member comes into contact only with a trailing end of all the sheet.
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A sheet stacking apparatus comprising:
- a tray which is movable in the vertical direction;
- a roller for discharging a sheet on said tray;
- a grounding member for contacting the sheet stacked on said tray, thereby grounding said sheet,
- wherein said grounding member extends from underside of said tray to upper side of said tray.
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A sheet stacking apparatus comprising:
- a tray;
- a roller for discharging a sheet on said tray;
- and
- a grounding member for contacting the sheet stacked on said tray, thereby
- wherein said grounding member is disposed in a position in which said grounding member is out of contact with a discharging sheet discharged by said roller, and
- wherein said grounding member comes into contact with a trailing end of the sheet, and out of contact with an under surface of the sheet stacked on said tray.
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A sheet stacking apparatus comprising:
- a tray which is movable in the vertical direction;
- a roller for discharging a sheet on said tray;
- a grounding member for contacting the sheet stacked on said tray, thereby grounding said sheet,
- wherein said grounding member extends from underside of said tray to upper side of said tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.