Patent ID: 9580262
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A sheet conveying device comprising: a conveyer configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction; a discharge section configured to discharge the sheet onto a stacking surface, the stacking surface configured to support the sheet discharged by the discharge section, from below, the discharge section including a discharge roller and a pinch roller; a first contact portion extending a height from a first portion of the stacking surface in a vertical direction orthogonal to the conveying direction and a width direction, the first portion corresponding to a middle portion of the stacking surface in the width direction; a second contact portion extending a height from a second portion of the stacking surface, the second contact portion being at one side with respect to the first contact portion in the width direction; a third contact portion extending a height from a third portion of the stacking surface, the third contact portion being at an other side with respect to the first contact portion in the width direction; a wall extending at least partially in the vertical direction from an edge of the stacking surface closest to the discharge roller; and a pushing member which extends toward the stacking surface from above, wherein, when viewed in the conveying direction, the pushing member does not overlap any discharge roller of the discharge section, and is disposed farther from a center of the discharge section in the width direction than any discharge roller of the discharge section, wherein a distance between a lower end of the pushing member and the stacking surface is smaller than each of the heights of the first, second and third contact portions and the stacking surface, wherein each of the first contact portion, the second contact portion and the third contact portion extends from the wall in the conveying direction, wherein the pinch roller is disposed below the discharge roller in the vertical direction, and wherein at least a portion of the pinch roller is located downstream of the wall in the conveying direction, wherein a distance in the vertical direction between the stacking surface and a first part of the pinch roller farthest from the stacking surface, in the vertical direction, is greater than each of the heights of the first contact portion, the second contact portion and the third contact portion, and wherein a distance in the vertical direction between the stacking surface and a second part of the pinch roller closest to the stacking surface, in the vertical direction, is less than each of the heights of the first contact portion, the second contact portion and the third contact portion.