Sheet storage device and image forming apparatus
US8752837B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2408/113
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sheet storage device is equipped with sheet storage portions which are provided in an upper portion of a copying machine body and receive sheets, conveyed in sequence from the copying machine body, from downward and store the sheets in such a state that the sheets stand. The sheet storage portions are relatively rotatably supported in sequence and parallel. Each sheet storage portion receiving the sheet from the copying machine body is rotated to be held in the rotational position.
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