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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Shusaku Tsusaka, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshikatsu Kameyama, Gifu-ken, JP;
Junki Ueyama, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A sheet discharging device that includes: a discharge roller that discharges a transported sheet to outside the sheet discharging device, the discharge roller being integrally formed with a flexible rotating shaft; first and second bearing members that rotatably hold one end side and another end side of the rotating shaft, respectively; a nipping member that nips the transported sheet in cooperation with the discharge roller, the nipping member being opposed to a peripheral surface of the discharge roller; and an abutment member abutting against one of the rotating shaft and the nipping member between the first bearing member and the second bearing member to curve the rotating shaft.