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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1999
Yoshiharu Taniyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A sheet stacking and conveying unit that have a first end and a second end includes: a sheet stacker to stack sheets conveyed in the first direction in order; a conveyor to convey a lowest stacked sheet in the second direction that is opposite to the first direction by contacting the lower surface of the sheet; a sheet pressing member to apply a specified pressing force to a conveyor via a sheet by contacting the top of a sheet stacked in a stacker and a receiving portion provided to a sheet pressing member and to receive the first end of a sheet that is next stacked in a stacker. Further, this unit includes a driving mechanism that drives a sheet pressing member, drops a sheet received by a receiving portion on the top of a conveyor, clamps it between a conveyor and a sheet pressing member and receives a sheet that is next conveyed to a stacker by a receiving portion.