Patent ID: 9481538
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: B65H

Claim Text:
1. A paper discharge device including discharge rollers that discharge a conveyed paper sheet, and a paper discharge tray on which discharged paper sheets are stacked, the paper discharge device comprising: a control unit that controls a discharge angle of a paper sheet according to at least a stacked amount of paper sheets that are stacked on the paper discharge tray to progressively change the discharge angle as the stacked amount of paper sheets increases so that a position at which a front end of the paper sheet to be discharged begins to come into contact with the stacked paper sheets that are stacked on the paper discharge tray is maintained within a specified range from a front end of the stacked paper sheets while the paper sheet is discharged by the discharge rollers, the specified range being less than a length of the paper sheet in a discharging direction.