Patent ID: 9611119
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B65H,G03G

Claim:
1. A sheet discharging device comprising: a discharge port through which a sheet is discharged; a discharge tray which receives the sheet discharged through the discharge port; a discharge roller including a first roller and a second roller, the first and second rollers nipping the sheet at a nip portion therebetween so as to discharge the sheet through the discharge port onto the discharge tray; a flick-out pulley formed coaxially with a rotary shaft of the first roller at an interval from an end of the first roller, the flick-out pulley having a circumferential edge and a plurality of projections protruding from the circumferential edge; and a sheet pressing member supported on a pivot axis provided on a downstream side of the discharge roller with respect to a sheet discharge direction so as to be swingable in the sheet discharge direction, wherein the sheet pressing member has a pressing rib protruding from an opposite face thereof opposite the discharge roller, the pressing rib being arranged at a position overlapping the flick-out pulley in a direction along the pivot axis as seen from the sheet discharge direction, and a distance from a center of rotation of the flick-out pulley to a tip end of the projections in a radial direction is equal to or smaller than a radius of the first roller.