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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Applicant:
Takanori Kanda, Hino, JP;
Inventor:
Takanori Kanda, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a sheet is brought into a sheet storage section (), a fancreates an air current towards the sheet storage part (), and when the sheet is discharged from the sheet storage section (), the fan stops air blow. Whereby, the conveyance of the sheet to the sheet storage section () is guided, and discharging of the sheet from the sheet storage section is smoothly carried out.