Patent ID: 8783679
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet loading device, comprising: a housing; a sheet discharge portion that discharges a sheet in a predetermined discharge direction; a sheet loading portion disposed in the housing, on which the sheet discharged from the sheet discharge portion is loaded; a plurality of ribs protruding upward from the sheet loading portion along the discharge direction, each rib having a sloped part that tapers downward to an upstream side in the discharge direction; an actuator including a sheet detecting portion capable of detecting, in accordance with the rotation of the contact piece about the shaft, a first state where no sheet is loaded on the sheet loading portion, a second state where one sheet discharged from the sheet discharge portion is loaded on the sheet loading portion, and a third state where sheets as many as a predetermined number of sheets regarded as a full load state are loaded on the sheet loading portion, wherein in the first state, the contact piece is positioned at a stand-by position in which a tip of the contact piece is extended so as to be lower than an upper edge of the plurality of ribs.