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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2024
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Takuya Nishimura, Osaka, JP;
Seiichi Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Yasunori Ueno, Osaka, JP;
Takehiko Okada, Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Egawa, Osaka, JP;
Terumitsu Noso, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Takano, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The sheet discharge device includes a sheet discharge port, a discharge member, a sheet discharge tray, a support member, a drive mechanism, and a controller. The discharge member conveys sheets in a discharge direction. On the sheet discharge tray, the sheets discharged from the sheet discharge port are to be stacked. The support member is movable by the drive mechanism between a projective position in which the support member is projected to above the sheet discharge tray so as to support the sheets, and a retractive position in which the support member has retracted from the projective position to an upstream side of the sheet discharge port. The controller is enabled to adjust at least one of a projective length of the support member in its projective position and a shift timing from the projective position to the retractive position in response to characteristics of the sheets.