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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2019
Hidefumi Shibata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Kimata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuki Matsuura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidefumi Shibata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Kimata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuki Matsuura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet post-processing apparatus includes an output tray on which a sheet ejected from a sheet outlet is stacked; a wall disposed downstream from the output tray in a sheet ejection direction; and an alignment member configured to contact and move the sheet on the output tray, to bring a rear end of the sheet in the sheet ejection direction into contact with the wall for alignment. The alignment member is selectively set at three positions of: an alignment position protruding beyond the wall toward the output tray to contact the sheet on the output tray; a withdrawn position inward of the wall; and a home position between the alignment position and the withdrawn position.