Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Kazuhiko Kitano

Masahiro Tamura

Takahiro Watanabe

Tomohiro Furuhashi

Shuuya Nagasako

Akira Kunieda

Keisuke Sugiyama

Tomomichi Hoshino

Junya Suzuki

Ryo Takahashi

Hidetoshi Kojima

Kei Sasaki

Yasuo Niikura

Kyosuke Nakada

Kazunori Konno

Takashi Fukumoto

Kiichiro Goto

Takamasa Matsumoto

Youhei Niitsuma

Kohjiroh Haga

Yuuta Mori

Satoru Takano

Yasushi Tsuruoka

Shintaro Matsumoto

A sheet discharging device includes a shift trayon which a sheet Pis stacked, a discharging rollerthat discharges a sheet Ponto the shift tray, a blowing devicethat sends air to a lower surface of the sheet Pdischarged by the discharging roller, a blocking memberthat blocks air sent to the lower surface of the sheet Pfrom a blowing port-of the blowing device, and a control unit that controls the blocking amount of the blocking member. The blocking amount is determined based upon sheet information including sheet-type information, sheet-size information, and sheet-thickness information, for example.

Sheet discharging device, image forming system, and sheet discharging method

A sheet discharging device includes a shift trayon which a sheet P1 is stacked, a discharging rollerthat discharges a sheet P2 onto the shift tray, a blowing devicethat sends air to a lower surface of the sheet P2 discharged by the discharging roller, a blocking memberthat blocks air sent to the lower surface of the sheet P2 from a blowing port-of the blowing device, and a control unit that controls the blocking amount of the blocking member. The blocking amount is determined based upon sheet information including sheet-type information, sheet-size information, and sheet-thickness information, for example.

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Miyagi, Japan

Kazuhiko Kitano