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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Jun Agata, Shizuoka, JP;
Fumiki Inui, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/34 (2006.01); B65H 29/22 (2006.01); B65H 31/36 (2006.01); B65H 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/22 (2013.01); B65H 29/52 (2013.01); B65H 31/36 (2013.01); B65H 2404/722 (2013.01);
Abstract
A discharging device includes an aligning unit for aligning stacked sheets as a sheet bundle, a discharging unit for discharging the sheet bundle, a discharged tray on which the sheet discharged by the discharging unit is stacked, and a support unit. The support unit supports the sheet bundle from below by extending in a sheet discharging direction of the sheet bundle while the sheet bundle is discharged to the discharged tray and to be accommodated in a direction opposite to the sheet discharging direction at timing when the discharging unit finishes discharging the sheet bundle.