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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2012
Akihiro Arai, Toride, JP;
Mitsuhiko Sato, Kashiwa, JP;
Shunsuke Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyake, Abiko, JP;
Takashi Yokoya, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiromasa Maenishi, Matsudo, JP;
Yutaka Ando, Toride, JP;
Nozomi Kumakura, Abiko, JP;
Akihiro Arai, Toride, JP;
Mitsuhiko Sato, Kashiwa, JP;
Shunsuke Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyake, Abiko, JP;
Takashi Yokoya, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiromasa Maenishi, Matsudo, JP;
Yutaka Ando, Toride, JP;
Nozomi Kumakura, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet stacking apparatus includes a discharge unit, a stacking tray, an acquisition unit, a shift control unit, and an alignment unit. The shift control unit controls a stacking position of a sheet in a sheet width direction in response to shift information acquired by the acquisition unit. The alignment unit aligns a sheet staked on the stacking tray and moves to a position that abuts on a side edge of the sheet in the sheet width direction to align the sheet. The shift control unit controls a stacking position of a second sheet to stack the second sheet on a second position or on a first position depending on where a first sheet is stacked and on shift information of the second sheet.