Delivered sheet stacking tray and image forming device having the same
US6923438B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 3, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2601/325
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The delivered sheet stacking tray has a delivered sheet stacking surface, provided on an upside of an image forming section, which extends in a sheet-transporting direction so that a transporting-direction end of the delivered sheet stacking surface is opened toward a lateral outside of the image forming device body, wherein the delivered sheet stacking surface has a sheet removing concave which extends from (a) the transporting-direction end via (b) a stacking area of a maximum size sheet to (c) a stacking area of a minimum size sheet so that the sheet removing concave is positioned within an area ranging from the stacking area of the maximum size sheet to the stacking area of the minimum size sheet, and the sheet removing concave is formed substantially in parallel to a line linking (i) a corner portion of the stacking area of the maximum size sheet which corner portion is positioned on a downstream side in the transporting direction and on a front side of the image forming device to (ii) a corner portion of the stacking area of the minimum size sheet which corner portion is positioned on the downstream side in the transporting direction and on the front side of the image forming…
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