Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus including a discharge tray extension with rollers
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Application No.: US14842298Application Date: 2015-09-01
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Publication No.: US09709944B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Hiroaki Takatsu , Naoya Nakayama , Tatsuya Eguchi
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JP2014-178972 20140903
- Main IPC: B65H31/20
- IPC: B65H31/20 ; G03G15/00 ; B65H31/30

Abstract:
A sheet post-processing device for post-processing of a recording sheet ejected from an image forming device in an ejection direction, the sheet post-processing device including: a first tray on which the recording sheet is placed after ejection; a push-out member that pushes out, in a push-out direction different from the ejection direction, the recording sheet placed on the first tray; and a guide member adjacent to an ejection direction downstream end of the first tray, the guide member supporting a portion of the recording sheet that protrudes from the first tray in the ejection direction. The guide member includes a resistive force reduction unit that reduces a resistive force that occurs due to contact between the guide member and the recording sheet, the resistive force hindering the pushing out of the recording sheet when the push-out member pushes out the recording sheet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160062297A1 SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-03-03
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