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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Mitsui, Susono, JP;
Yuya Yanagi, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A stacking device includes: a first stacking portion having a stacking surface on which a sheet is stacked; a widthwise direction regulating unit, provided movably relative to the first stacking portion in a widthwise direction of the sheet, for regulating a widthwise position of the sheet stacked on the stacking surface; a second stacking portion provided rotatably relative to the first stacking portion between a first position and a second position. The second stacking portion is overlaid on the first stacking portion at the first position and supports, at the second position, an upstream portion of the sheet with respect to a feeding direction of the sheet fed by a sheet feeding unit. The second stacking portion is provided with a cut-away portion to avoid interference with the widthwise direction regulating unit when rotates between the first position and the second position.