Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, sorting device, and tray unit
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Application No.: US16120476Application Date: 2018-09-04
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Publication No.: US10589955B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Tatsuro Arata
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2017-173107 20170908
- Main IPC: B65H29/60
- IPC: B65H29/60 ; B65H31/24 ; B65H29/58 ; B65H31/02 ; B65H31/20 ; B65H39/11

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a discharging roller pair, a plurality of trays, a guide member, and a controller. The image forming section forms an image on each of a plurality of sheets. The discharging roller pair discharges each of the sheets. The sheets discharged by the discharging roller pair are to be stacked on the trays (first through third trays). The guide member guides each of the sheets from the discharging roller pair toward a discharge destination tray among the plurality of trays. Every time the discharging roller pair discharges one of the sheets, the controller controls the guide member to change the discharge destination tray. The trays are configured such that leading ends of the sheets are superposed on one another.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190077626A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SORTING DEVICE, AND TRAY UNIT Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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