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Patent No.:

US 9611119 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 25, 2015

Sheet discharging device and image forming apparatus therewith

Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Mitsuhiro Tahara, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Stein IP, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Prasad Gokhale

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/26 (2006.01); B65H 29/70 (2006.01); B65H 29/14 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/20 (2006.01); B65H 29/22 (2006.01); B65H 29/52 (2006.01); B65H 31/02 (2006.01); B65H 43/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/70 (2013.01); B65H 29/14 (2013.01); B65H 29/20 (2013.01); B65H 29/22 (2013.01); B65H 29/52 (2013.01); B65H 31/02 (2013.01); B65H 43/06 (2013.01); G03G 15/6552 (2013.01); G03G 15/6573 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4212 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4421 (2013.01); B65H 2404/1115 (2013.01); B65H 2404/5214 (2013.01); B65H 2404/63 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1313 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00911 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet discharging device has a discharge port, a discharge tray, a discharge roller including first and second rollers, a flick-out pulley, a sheet pressing member, and a pressing rib. The flick-out pulley is formed coaxially with the rotary shaft of the first roller at an interval from an end of the first roller, and has a circumferential edge and a plurality of projections protruding from it. The sheet pressing member is supported on a pivot axis provided on the downstream side of the discharge roller with respect to the sheet discharge direction to be swingable in the sheet discharge direction. A pressing rib is arranged at a position overlapping the flick-out pulley in the direction along the pivot axis as seen from the sheet discharge direction.

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