Paper stacking apparatus for image reading apparatus and image reading apparatus with paper stacking apparatus
US5743518A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2801/39
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A paper stacking apparatus for an image reading apparatus and an image reading apparatus with a paper stacking apparatus wherein paper sheets can be stacked appropriately to allow a large amount of paper sheets to be read rapidly at a time are disclosed. The paper stacking apparatus is designed to stack a paper sheet discharged from a paper transport mechanism of an image reading apparatus along which an optical image reading mechanism is disposed, and comprises a paper stacker including, at a bottom portion thereof, a stacker table for receiving thereon paper sheets discharged from the paper transport mechanism to stack the paper sheets, a paper stacker position variation mechanism for varying the position of the paper stacker, a paper discharge roller mechanism provided at a terminal end of the paper transport mechanism and having a projection extending into a paper transport path of the paper transport mechanism, and a paper trailing end guide mechanism disposed to extend into the paper stacker for guiding a trailing end of a paper sheet to be stacked into the paper stacker.
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