Riso Kagaku Corporation

Hideyuki Sekiguchi

Kazuhiro Kato

Yoshiya Kuwahara

Yasuji Ikari

A discharged paper receiver unit for receiving papers discharged from an image recording apparatus has a bottom plate on which papers discharged from the image recording apparatus are stacked and which is positioned with its one end held lower than the other at least when the discharged paper receiver unit is set in its operative position. A stopper member has a cushioning portion positioned so that the leading end of each paper as discharged from the image recording apparatus directly impacts against the cushioning portion and the paper falls onto the bottom plate. An end lining-up member is provided near the end of the bottom plate which is held lower than the other when the discharged paper receiver unit is in its operative position, is positioned so that the leading end of each paper as discharged from the image recording apparatus cannot directly impact against the end lining-up member before impacting the cushioning portion, and is provided with a lining-up surface which is erected from the bottom plate and against which one end of the paper is brought into abutment after the leading end of the paper impacts against the cushioning portion.

Discharged paper receiver unit

A sheet feeding machine includes a sheet feeding table which is vertically movable and capable of supporting a plurality of first recording sheets thereon, first sheet feeding device movably situated above the sheet feeding table, the first sheet feeding device feeding the first recording sheets successively from a topmost sheet as the sheet feeding table with the first recording sheets moves upward, a base body detachably attached to the sheet feeding table, the base body supporting a plurality of second recording sheets thereon, and second sheet feeding device situated on the base body and feeding the second recording sheets successively from a bottommost sheet so that when the base body is attached to the sheet feeding table, the second recording sheet is fed by the second sheet feeding device and is transferred further by the first feeding device as a conveying device.

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Amimachi, Japan

Hideyuki Sekiguchi