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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
May. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Satoru Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mizubata, Hachioji, JP;
Tomohiko Kiryu, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 37/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stacker, including a sheet stacking section which receives sheets and stacks the sheets, a stopping member which stops the top edge of the sheet and aligns the sheet, plural paddle-wheels which press against the sheet and convey the sheet to the stopping member, and a control section which controls the paddle-wheels to shift perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, to be arranged on both side edges of the sheets, and to press against the both side edges of the sheets.