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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11021341 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2019

Sheet aligning device, sheet processing device, image processing apparatus

Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Tadahisa Kishimoto, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP

Primary Examiner:

Prasad V Gokhale

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/26 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 37/06 (2006.01); B65H 37/04 (2006.01); B65H 29/16 (2006.01); B65H 9/08 (2006.01); B65H 9/10 (2006.01); B65H 9/04 (2006.01); B65H 31/20 (2006.01); B65H 31/36 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/26 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 9/04 (2013.01); B65H 9/08 (2013.01); B65H 9/101 (2013.01); B65H 29/16 (2013.01); B65H 31/20 (2013.01); B65H 31/36 (2013.01); B65H 37/04 (2013.01); B65H 37/06 (2013.01); B41J 11/0045 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B65H 2301/433 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1122 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1134 (2013.01); B65H 2511/11 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet aligning device includes a support member, a regulation member, a regulation member moving mechanism, and an alignment member. The support member supports leading ends of sheets. The regulation member is connected to the support member and is provided to face an inclined tray in such a way as to define a sheet entry space in which the leading ends of the sheets enter. The regulation member moving mechanism is configured to, each time a sheet is conveyed onto the inclined tray, move the regulation member in a separating direction to widen the sheet entry space, and then in an approaching direction to narrow the sheet entry space. The alignment member aligns the sheets by abutting on rear ends of the sheets.

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