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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
May. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Aya Otani, Matsumoto, JP;
Shinichiro Yoshikawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Satoshi Tamai, Matsumoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A first stacker is configured so that a support surface includes a base-side support surface that forms a planar shape on the base end side of the support surface and a leading edge-side support surface that forms a planar shape that tilts upward toward the leading edge. A second stacker is configured so that a support surface forms a planar shape, and is held in a tilted orientation during use so that the support surface of the second stacker continues to the leading edge of the second stacker in the same upward-tilted state with respect to the leading edge-side support surface of the first stacker.