Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet stacking tray, and sheet postprocessing device/image forming apparatus including the sheet stacking tray
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Application No.: US15490404Application Date: 2017-04-18
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Publication No.: US09963316B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Terumitsu Noso , Sachio Izumichi
- 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: Stein IP, LLC
- Priority: JP2016-086828 20160425
- Main IPC: B65H31/02
- IPC: B65H31/02 ; B65H31/26 ; B65H29/70 ; B65H29/52

Abstract:
A sheet stacking tray includes a first stacking portion, a second stacking portion, and a base portion. In a sheet widthwise direction perpendicular to the sheet discharge direction, the first stacking portion includes a first sheet stacking surface having a first stacking width within a range from one half of a sheet width of a maximum-size sheet to be discharged up to the sheet width of the maximum-size sheet. The second stacking portion includes a second sheet stacking surface having a second stacking width smaller than the first stacking width. A border between the first stacking portion and the second stacking portion lies on a discharge-direction upstream side of a contact point where a leading end portion of the maximum-size sheet comes into contact with the sheet stacking part while the sheet is discharged.
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