Patent ID: 8480078
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet collecting apparatus comprising: a sheet discharge outlet for sequentially downwardly carrying out a sheet; a collecting tray downwardly inclining and extending for storing the sheet sequentially discharged from the sheet discharge outlet; and a carry-in guide member for guiding the sheet discharged from the sheet discharge outlet onto a sheet load surface of the collecting tray, and for pressing an uppermost sheet on the collecting tray; a supporting mechanism for supporting the carry-in guide member movable by a front end of the sheet entering onto the collecting tray so that the sheet passes between the uppermost sheet and the carry-in guide member, wherein the sheet load surface of the collecting tray has a first sheet load portion for supporting a downstream side of the sheet, and a second sheet load portion inclined at a predetermine angle relative to the first sheet load portion in a direction away from a sheet discharge outlet for supporting an upstream side of the sheet, and the carry-in guide member is arranged to face the second sheet load portion of the collecting tray to fold an upstream of the sheet in the direction away from the discharge outlet along the second load portion.