Patent ID: 8717396
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: B41J,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet discharging device comprising: a first conveying path configured to guide a sheet to be conveyed; a second conveying path branched from the first conveying path at a branch point of the first conveying path; a sorting section configured to sort a sheet being conveyed on the first conveying path into either a downstream side of the branch point on the first conveying path or the second conveying path; a first discharge tray placed at a position downstream of the first conveying path in a sheet conveying direction thereof and configured to receive a sheet discharged from the first conveying path at a first sheet loading surface; and a second discharge tray placed at a position downstream of the second conveying path in a sheet conveying direction thereof and below the first discharge tray and configured to receive a sheet discharged from the second conveying path at a second sheet loading surface whose distance to the first sheet loading surface increases toward a downstream side thereof in a sheet discharging direction.