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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2010
Yasuhiro Miyazaki, Hachioji, JP;
Yasuhiro Miyazaki, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A stacking device includes a contact section with which top ends of the recording media in a conveying direction, conveyed into the storage space, make contact so stop the recording media at a storage position, a media move section which comprises a plurality of partition members, forms a plurality of spaces capable of storing the recording media between the partition members, stores the recording media stopped at the storage position into arbitrary one of the plurality of spaces, and moves the partition members thereby to move at least a part of the top ends of the recording media to a pushup position different from the storage position, and a lift section which pushes up, to the carry-out section, the recording media moved to the pushup position by the media move section.