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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuhiko Hamada, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B65H 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/106 (2013.01); B65H 16/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stacker unit includes a sheet member having flexibility and is configured to receive in the sheet member a sheet having a sheet shape and discharged from a discharge port in a discharge direction. The sheet member includes a contact portion with which the sheet comes into contact. In a width direction intersecting the discharge direction, at least one end portion of the contact portion is positioned inward of at least one end portion of the sheet reaching the contact portion.