Patent ID: 9403654
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B65H

Claim Text:
1. A stacker on which a medium that has entered with a direction intersecting a vertical direction as an approach direction in a state where a first surface faces upward in the vertical direction is loaded in a state where the first surface faces downward in the vertical direction, the stacker comprising: a pushing force applying section capable of applying a pushing force to the entered medium from a second surface that is a rear surface of the first surface to rotate the entered medium against a portion of a medium guide section contacting the second surface; and a medium loading section which is provided further toward the lower side in the vertical direction than the pushing force applying section and on which the medium can be loaded, wherein the pushing force applying section can support the medium by coming into contact with the second surface of the medium, can be displaced from a first position toward a second position that is a position further toward the lower side in the vertical direction than the first position, and is biased toward the first position from the second position.