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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Takashi Saito, Yamanashi, JP;
Yuji Hanawa, Nirasaki, JP;
Hiroki Imazu, Minami-Alps, JP;
Nisca Corporation, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A sheet stacking apparatus includes a sheet transport path for transporting a sheet; a discharge device disposed adjacent to the sheet transport path for sequentially transporting the sheet; a support tray disposed adjacent to the discharge device for temporarily supporting at least a part of the sheet transported by the discharge device; a stacker disposed at a downstream side of the support tray for stacking and storing the sheet transported from the support tray; a sheet pushing member disposed on the support tray for abutting against an edge of the sheet stacked on the support tray; and a drive device capable of rotating in forward and reverse directions. The drive device reciprocally moves the sheet pushing member between a retracted position at an upstream side of a stacking position where the sheet is stacked on the support tray and a transport position at a downstream side of the stacking position.