Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet discharge apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same
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Application No.: US16879404Application Date: 2020-05-20
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Publication No.: US11274007B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: Yuichi Obara , Masaaki Takeuchi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JP2016-141003 20160719
- Main IPC: B65H31/22
- IPC: B65H31/22 ; B65H31/20

Abstract:
A sheet discharge apparatus includes a main tray, a discharge unit, and an expansion tray. The main tray is pivotable between a closed position and open position relative to a sheet discharge apparatus main body. The discharge unit discharges the sheet onto the main tray in the closed position. The expansion tray expands a main tray stacking area and is movable between a storage position where the expansion tray is stored in the main tray and an expansion position where the expansion tray is slid from the storage position in a sheet discharge direction and expands the stacking area. At the expansion position, the expansion tray is pivotable independently of the main tray. A direction in which the expansion tray is pivoted upward is the same as a direction in which the main tray is pivoted from the closed to the opened position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200277156A1 SHEET DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2020-09-03
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