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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Mishima, JP;
Teruo Komatsu, Mishima, JP;
Tsuyoshi Waragai, Mishima, JP;
Tomoyuki Araki, Numazu, JP;
Atsushi Ogata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Masayoshi Fukatsu, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/158 ; B65H 3/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/158 ; B65H 3/104 ;
Abstract
A sheet receiving/stacking device, which has a sheet stacking portion for stacking sheets, a sheet conveying portion for conveying sheets to the sheet stacking portion, and a retractable sheet guiding portion for catching the bottom surface of a sheet and then guiding the sheet to the sheet stacking portion. The sheet guiding portion is moveable between a guide position and a retracted position.