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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Yahata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kikuo Mizutani, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Takahiro Kawaguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Ken Iguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Taki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsuchihashi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Chiaki Iizuka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hidetoshi Yokochi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Toshiaki Oshiro, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Hazu, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoichi Yamaguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yuichi Saito, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet discharging device includes a first conveying path that guides a sheet to be conveyed. A second conveying path branches from the first conveying path. A sorting section sorts a sheet being conveyed on the first conveying path into either a downstream side of the branch point or the second conveying path. A first discharge tray is placed at a position downstream of the first conveying path and receives a sheet discharged from the first conveying path at a first sheet loading surface. A second discharge tray is placed at a position downstream of the second conveying path and below the first discharge tray, and receives a sheet discharged from the second conveying path at a second sheet loading surface whose distance to the first sheet loading surface increases toward a downstream side thereof in a sheet discharging direction.