Patent ID: 9096403
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet stacking apparatus comprising: a discharge unit configured to discharge a sheet through a discharge port; a stack unit having a sheet stack surface that inclines in a sheet discharge direction that is configured to stack the discharged sheet thereon; and a plurality of blowing units configured to supply air to a discharge side of the discharge unit while the sheet is discharged, each of the plurality of blowing units having a blowing duct, each of the blowing ducts being on a side of the discharge port and having a same angle as that of the sheet stack surface with respect to a horizontal direction, wherein each of the plurality of blowing units include a blower opening and each blower opening is disposed below the discharge port, and wherein directions of air supplied by the plurality of blowing units at two ends are set such that the directions intersect with each other above the stack unit.