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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Asai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromasa Yoneyama, Chigasaki, JP;
Tetsuo Kikuchi, Ayase, JP;
Itaru Wada, Yokohama, JP;
Daiki Anayama, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet storage apparatus and a printing apparatus include simplified mechanisms for supporting a sheet and for guiding the sheet. A sheet storage device that can store a sheet discharged from a discharge port of a printing apparatus includes multiple flappers provided below the discharge port and arranged in a width direction of the sheet, each flapper being rotatable between a first posture in which the sheet discharged from the discharge port is guided downward in a gravitational direction by using a first surface, and a second posture in which the sheet is supported by using a second surface being different from the first surface; and a connecting unit which connects the plurality of flappers to one another.