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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2004
Tsutomu Anezaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Riichi Hama, Hoi-gun, JP;
Tsutomu Anezaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Riichi Hama, Hoi-gun, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is intended to provide a sheet stack ejecting apparatus, an image forming apparatus and a sheet stack processing apparatus applicable to ejection of a sheet stack while ejection errors are prevented by reducing disorderliness of ejected sheets of paper. A sheet ejecting apparatuscarries and ejects a sheet stack by holding the sheet stack with an ejecting roller pairthat consists of a top rollerand a bottom roller. The sheet ejecting apparatus 10 further includes a motorfor shifting the top rollerto switch between pressing state and separated state with respect to the ejecting roller pairand a controllerfor controlling the motor. The controllerworks as ejection means that makes the ejecting roller pairpressing state so as to eject a sheet stack and as separation means that makes the ejecting roller pairseparated state before a back end of a sheet stack escapes from nips of the ejecting roller pairby using the motor