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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2002
Takashi Kuwata, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenichiro Isobe, Shizuoka, JP;
Masayoshi Fukatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Junichi Sekiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Takashi Kuwata, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenichiro Isobe, Shizuoka, JP;
Masayoshi Fukatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Junichi Sekiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An aligning device movable to a first position constituting a first sheet stacking portion for supporting a delivered sheet and a second position in which the sheet is not supported is provided downstream of a pair of delivery rollers, and the pair of delivery rollers are designed to be capable of assuming a first state in which they are capable of delivering the sheet, and a second state in which rollers constituting the pair of delivery rollers are spaced apart from each other. When the pair of delivery rollers are in the first state and the aligning device is in the first position, a sheet aligning and stacking portion for making the alignment of the sheet by the aligning device possible is defined by the first stacking portion and the sheet transport path between a reference wall and the pair of delivery rollers.