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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Mitsutaka Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsutaka Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 1/26 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/266 (2013.01); B41J 11/0055 (2013.01); B65H 2404/71 (2013.01); B65H 2801/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
An attachment is attachable to and detachable from a sheet stacking board. The attachment includes an end fence configured to restrict a position of a trailing end of a sheet in a conveying direction. The end fence includes a facing surface facing the trailing end of the sheet. The facing surface includes an inclined surface inclined with respect to a vertical direction of a stacking surface on which the sheet is stacked, such that a higher part of the facing surface is located more upstream in the sheet conveying direction.