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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Junichi Sekiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Takashi Kuwata, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenichiro Isobe, Shizuoka, JP;
Masayoshi Fukatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Hironobu Ata, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet treating apparatus including the first intermediate stacking portion for hitting an edge of a sheet in a transport direction against a wall to align the sheet, a pair of delivery rollers for delivering the sheet from the first intermediate stacking portion, the second intermediate stacking portion for carrying-in and supporting the sheet downstream of the pair of delivery rollers in the transport direction and aligning edges of the sheet in a cross direction perpendicular to the transport direction, a sheet stacking portion located below the second intermediate stacking portion in the gravitational direction, and a full load detecting unit for detecting full load of sheets on the sheet stacking portion, in which the full load detecting unit contacts an upper surface of sheets on the sheet stacking portion with a full load detecting flag, which has a pivotal fulcrum in a higher position than that of the pair of delivery rollers to detect a height of the upper surface, and does not perform full load detection of sheets during a sheet treatment in the intermediate stacking portion.