Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet discharging apparatus and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16218685Application Date: 2018-12-13
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Publication No.: US10773918B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Tomoki Hatakeyama , Jun Agata
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7b68c55e
- Main IPC: B65H31/24
- IPC: B65H31/24 ; G03G15/00 ; B65H31/38 ; B65H31/30 ; B65H29/14 ; B65H31/02 ; B65H29/34

Abstract:
A sheet discharging apparatus includes a discharging portion, a first supporting portion configured to support the sheet in a state where at least a part of the sheet is exposed to an outside, a second supporting portion configured to support the sheet discharged by the discharging portion, and a control portion configured to execute a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being a mode where the first supporting portion is selected as a destination of the discharged sheet and where the first supporting portion supports the sheet, the second mode being a mode where the second supporting portion is selected as the destination of the discharged sheet and where the second supporting portion supports the sheet by discharging the sheet supported on the first supporting portion to the second supporting portion in a state where the sheet is not supported on the first supporting portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190193979A1 SHEET DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-06-27
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