Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet discharging apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US18104808Application Date: 2023-02-02
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Publication No.: US11943412B2Publication Date: 2024-03-26
- Inventor: Akira Matsumoto
- 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: JP 19102798 2019.05.31
- Main IPC: H04N1/12
- IPC: H04N1/12 ; B65H31/00 ; G03G15/00 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion to form an image on a sheet, a tray on which sheets to be fed are stacked, and a swing member supported by the tray and configured to swing in a case where the swing member is pushed by a discharged sheet. A stacking portion includes a first surface on an upper portion of a first portion, and a moving member in contact with the discharged sheet. The moving member can be positioned at a position downstream of the first surface in the discharge direction, wherein the swing member overlaps with the first surface as viewed in the sheet width direction in a case where the swing member is not in contact with a discharged sheet, and the swing member is arranged such that a lower end of the swing member is not in contact with the stacking portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230216971A1 SHEET DISCHARGING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-07-06
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