Sheet discharge apparatus, sheet finishing apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same
AssigneeNisca Corporation
InventorsTakashi Saito, Shigeyuki Sanmiya
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Abstract
A sheet discharge apparatus includes a sheet storage tray for receiving a sheet; a discharge device for discharging the sheet transported from a processing apparatus to the sheet storage tray; a reference member for aligning an edge of the sheet on the sheet storage tray; a transport device for transporting the discharge device between a first position for the discharge device to discharge the sheet to the sheet storage tray and a second position for the discharge device to align the sheet discharged on the tray against the reference member; and a control device for controlling an operation of the discharge device.
Claims18
A sheet discharge apparatus comprising:
- sheet storage means for receiving a sheet;
- discharge means located above the sheet storage means for supporting a lower surface of the sheet and transporting the sheet transported from a processing apparatus to a sheet discharge direction;
- a reference member disposed on the sheet storage means for aligning an edge of the sheet on the sheet storage means;
- transport means attached to the discharge means for moving the discharge means between a first position wherein the discharge means discharges the sheet onto the sheet storage means and a second position wherein the discharge means moves and aligns the sheet deposited on the sheet storage means against the reference member;
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- control means electrically connected to the transport means for controlling an operation thereof.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a discharge apparatus including sheet storage means for receiving a sheet;
- a reference member disposed on the sheet storage means for aligning an edge of the sheet on the sheet storage means;
- discharge means located above the sheet storage means for supporting a lower surface of the sheet and transporting the sheet transported from a processing apparatus to a sheet discharge direction;
- transport means attached to the discharge means for moving the discharge means between a first position wherein the discharge means discharges the sheet to the sheet storage means and a second position wherein the discharge means moves and aligns the sheet deposited on the sheet storage means against the reference member;
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- control means electrically connected to the transport means for controlling an operation thereof.
A sheet finishing apparatus comprising:
- sheet storage means for receiving a sheet;
- discharge means located above the sheet storage means for supporting a lower surface of the sheet and transporting the sheet transported from a processing apparatus to a sheet discharge direction;
- finishing means disposed adjacent to the sheet storage means for finishing the sheet on the sheet storage means;
- transport means attached to the discharge means for moving the discharge means between a first position wherein the discharge means discharges the sheet to the sheet storage means and a second position wherein the discharge means moves the sheet on the sheet storage means to a portion where the finishing means finishes the sheet;
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- control means electrically connected to the transport means for controlling an operation thereof.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- sheet finishing apparatus including sheet storage means for receiving a sheet;
- discharge means located above the sheet storage means for supporting a lower surface of the sheet and transporting the sheet transported from a processing apparatus to a sheet discharge direction;
- finishing means disposed adjacent to the sheet storage means for finishing the sheet on the sheet storage means;
- transport means attached to the discharge means for moving the discharge means between a first position wherein the discharge means discharges the sheet to the sheet storage means and a second position wherein the discharge means moves the sheet on the sheet storage means to a position where the finishing means finishes the sheet;
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- control means electrically connected to the transport means for controlling an operation thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.