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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2005
Kazuaki Baba, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Kurabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Yoshie, Tokyo, JP;
Max Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet hold flapis arranged on an upper side of a vicinity of a rear end portion of a sheet tableto which a sheet is continuously supplied from a copier or the like. The sheet hold flap is switched to an upper initial position and a sheet holding position by a solenoid. There is carried out a control of holding a rear end portion of a sheet P by driving the sheet hold flap to the sheet holding position after taking in a sheet to the sheet table and returning the sheet hold flap to the initial position to escape from a sheet path in taking in a successive sheet. Sheet jamming by floating up the sheet is prevented by holding a sheet on the sheet table until immediately before taking in the successive sheet.