Patent ID: 9580268
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A receiving device that is connected to a sheet processing device to receive a sheet comprising: a receiving port that receives the sheet discharged from a discharge port of the sheet processing device along a first direction; casters that support the receiving device on a floor; and a roller that rides up a support part provided with the sheet processing device at the time of connecting the receiving device and the sheet processing device to receive a part of a weight of the receiving device on the support part, wherein when the roller rides up the support part, a part of the casters floats up from the floor, and the receiving port is positioned to the discharge port, wherein the receiving device further comprises: a receiving member that receives the sheet in a vicinity of the receiving port, and a support mechanism that supports the receiving member flexibly with respect to the receiving device such that the receiving member is displaced at a time of connecting the receiving device to the sheet processing device to position the receiving port with respect to a reference part provided in a vicinity of the discharge port, wherein the support mechanism includes a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion provided on both sides of the receiving member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction respectively, each of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion has a side plate with an elongated hole extending in the first direction, and a shaft being engaged in the elongated hole, wherein the shaft is movable along the elongated hole in each of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion independently, thereby the receiving member rotatably follows to the reference part.