Patent ID: 7711310
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image-forming apparatus comprising: multiple sheet-receiving units arranged downstream of a fixing unit in a layer structure, wherein: each of the sheet-receiving units respectively includes a sheet discharge direction start point, a sheet discharge direction end point, and a climbing slope from the sheet discharge direction start point to the sheet discharge direction end point, an average angle of the climbing slope of each one of the sheet-receiving units is further from parallel to a bottom, flat surface of the apparatus than an average angle of the climbing slope of another one of the sheet-receiving units located further downstream of the fixing unit, and at least one of the multiple sheet-receiving units has a first portion including the respective sheet discharge direction start point and a second portion including the respective sheet discharge direction end point, and the second portion including the sheet discharge direction end point is arranged so as to rotatably move about an axis located between the sheet discharge direction start point and the sheet discharge direction end point, the axis located near an end of the second portion that is disposed toward the first portion.