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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
May. 12, 1997
Fumio Fujimaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A discharged-sheet table device mounted to an image forming apparatus near the sheet discharging port for receiving a recorded sheet discharged from the sheet discharging port of the image forming apparatus. The discharged-sheet table device includes a first base mounted near the sheet discharging port of the image forming apparatus; a second base movably supported on the first base; a discharged-sheet table movably mounted on the second base to receive the recorded sheet which is discharged from the image forming apparatus; a table moving mechanism for movably holding the discharged-sheet table between a first position where the recorded sheet discharged from the sheet discharging port is received and a second position located forwardly of the first position in the direction in which the recorded sheet is discharged from the sheet discharging port; and a first base moving mechanism disposed between the first base and the second base, for movably holding the second base between the second position and a third position offset in a direction horizontally from the direction in which the recorded sheet is discharged from the sheet discharging port. To remove a stack of papers from the discharged-sheet table, an operator moves the discharged-sheet table from the first position to the second position forward of the first position and away from the discharging port, and then to moves the discharged-sheet table from the second position the third position which is laterally offset from the first and second positions.