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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Sachio Izumichi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 43/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); B65H 31/02 (2013.01); B65H 43/06 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4212 (2013.01); B65H 2402/63 (2013.01); B65H 2403/51 (2013.01); B65H 2511/16 (2013.01); B65H 2511/416 (2013.01); B65H 2511/51 (2013.01); B65H 2511/515 (2013.01); B65H 2553/414 (2013.01); B65H 2553/612 (2013.01); B65H 2553/81 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet discharge device includes a discharge roller, a detection portion, and a detection position changing mechanism. The discharge roller is configured to discharge a sheet from a sheet discharge port toward a sheet discharge tray. The detection portion is configured to detect that a stack height of sheets on the sheet discharge tray has reached a predetermined detection position. The detection position changing mechanism is configured to change the detection position for the detection portion.