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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
May. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kohei Mizuguchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/16 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); G06K 15/14 (2013.01); G06K 15/4025 (2013.01); G06K 15/4065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet discharging apparatus includes a sheet supporting portion supporting a sheet discharged out of a nip portion nipping the sheet and a guide portion provided opposed to an upper surface of the sheet fed out of the nip portion. The guide portion includes a fixed restricting portion restricting a rear end of the sheet with respect to a sheet discharging direction to moving upward away from an extension line in a sheet discharging direction of the nip portion after passing through the nip portion.