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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Yokohama, JP;
Yukitaka Nakazato, Edogawa-ku, JP;
Junichi Iida, Yokohama, JP;
Akihito Andoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/934 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/934 ;
Abstract
A sheet discharging apparatus including a sheet discharging device which discharges a sheet on a sheet discharging tray. A sheet tip portion guide device holds thereupon a tip portion of the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging device, guides the sheet in a sheet discharging direction while holding the tip portion of the sheet thereupon, and releases the sheet by releasing the tip portion of the sheet held thereupon.