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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Shigeru Kosuda, Kawaguchi, JP;
Jun Tanaka, Chichibu, JP;
Inventors:
Shigeru Kosuda, Kawaguchi, JP;
Jun Tanaka, Chichibu, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha, Chichibu-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet discharge tray that can improve width direction alignment of discharged sheets of various sizes with a simple structure. Ribs are disposed on a sheet discharge tray. And a space between at least a pair of adjacent ribs among the ribs at a discharging direction upstream end portion is narrower than a space between the at least two adjacent ribs at a discharging direction downstream end portion.