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- Patent Title: Sheet stacker and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet stacker
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Application No.: US16859903Application Date: 2020-04-27
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Publication No.: US11339022B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Kensuke Yamaji , Yosuke Eguchi
- Applicant: Kensuke Yamaji , Yosuke Eguchi
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa; JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kensuke Yamaji,Yosuke Eguchi
- Current Assignee: Kensuke Yamaji,Yosuke Eguchi
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa; JP Tokyo
- Agency: Duft & Bornsen, PC
- Priority: JPJP2019-091288 20190514
- Main IPC: B65H31/10
- IPC: B65H31/10

Abstract:
A sheet stacker includes a sheet stacking member, a biasing force applier, an angle changer, and a biasing force change reducer. The sheet stacking member has an upstream portion in a sheet conveyance direction. The upstream portion is movable in a vertical direction. The biasing force applier is configured to bias the sheet stacking member upward. The angle changer is configured to change an angle of a sheet stacking face of the sheet stacking member, relative to a surface of a sheet conveyed through a sheet conveying portion. The biasing force change reducer is configured to restrain a change of a biasing force acting on the sheet stacking member, before and after a change of the angle of the sheet stacking member by the angle changer.
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