# US 7,607,846 B2 · Ejection tray, sheet supply and ejection device, image forming apparatus, and information display device

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- Number: US 7,607,846 B2
- Document ID: US7607846B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/151,689
- Filed: 2008-05-08
- Published: 2008-09-11
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2004-07-27
- Assignees: Sony Corporation
- Inventors: Kunihito Sawai; Yutaka Hasegawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7607846B2

## CPC

- B65H 1/04: adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile
- B41J 3/46: Printing mechanisms combined with apparatus providing a visual indication
- B41J 13/103: {for the sheet feeding section}
- B41J 13/106: {for the sheet output section}
- B65H 2405/115: Cover
- B65H 2405/3311: for storing articles horizontally or slightly inclined
- B65H 2408/11: Sorters or machines for sorting articles
- B65H 2551/21: Monitors; Displays
- B65H 2701/1719: Photosensitive, e.g. exposure, photographic or phosphor
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

## Abstract

An ejection tray includes a container that contains a plurality of stacked recording sheets printed by a printing unit of an image forming apparatus, a movable cover mounted on the container, and a sorting member that sorts out a desired recording sheet from the recording sheets stacked in the container. The desired recording sheet sorted out in the container is allowed to be taken out when the cover is opened.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image forming apparatus comprising:
a printing unit for performing printing on a recording sheet;
a supply tray from which the recording sheet is supplied; and
an ejection tray including a container that contains the recording sheet after printing, and a movable cover mounted on the container,
wherein the recording sheet supplied from the supply tray is ejected into the container after being subjected to printing by the printing unit, and
wherein the ejection tray is separably disposed on the supply tray to form a stack, addition of another recording sheet into the supply tray is allowed when the supply tray and the ejection tray are separated, and the recording sheet contained in the container is allowed to be taken out when the cover is opened, wherein the cover has a display that displays an information image corresponding to information printed on the recording sheet by the printing unit.

### Claim 2

An image forming apparatus comprising:
a printing unit for performing printing on a recording sheet;
a supply tray from which the recording sheet is supplied; and
an ejection tray including a container that contains the recording sheet after printing, and a movable cover mounted on the container,
wherein the recording sheet supplied from the supply tray is ejected into the container after being subjected to printing by the printing unit, and
wherein the ejection tray is separably disposed on the supply tray to form a stack, addition of another recording sheet into the supply tray is allowed when the supply tray and the ejection tray are separated, and the recording sheet contained in the container is allowed to be taken out when the cover is opened, wherein the recording sheet includes a plurality of recording sheets, the ejection tray has a sorting member for sorting the recording sheets stacked in the container, the cover has a display that displays information images corresponding to information printed on the recording sheets by the printing unit, and has a touch panel function, and the recording sheets are sorted in the container according to section from the information images displayed on the display.