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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2024
Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Hiromu Ibaragi, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/106 (2013.01); B41J 13/0036 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet discharger includes a sheet discharge outlet, a discharge member, a sheet discharge tray, and an air blowing mechanism. The discharge member conveys a sheet in a discharge direction. The sheet discharged through the sheet discharge outlet is loaded on the sheet discharge tray. The air blowing mechanism includes an air blowing port for blowing an air flow from upward to the sheet discharged through the sheet discharge outlet and an air blower that is connected to the air blowing port and generates the air flow. The air blowing port is provided above the sheet discharge outlet, at least a pair of air blowing ports is arranged at a middle in a width direction of the sheet orthogonal to the discharge direction, and the air flow is blown through the air blowing port diagonally downward from inside toward outside in the width direction of the sheet.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Ibaragi, Hiromu. (2026). Sheet discharger, and sheet post-processing device and image forming apparatus each including the sheet discharger (U.S. Patent No. 12766862). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12766862

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