Patent ID: 6776408
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A sheet discharge apparatus comprising:a conveyance passage to convey a sheet; a plurality of stackers on which said sheet is stacked after being discharged from said conveyance passage; a gate which changes a discharge direction of said sheet discharged from said conveyance passage, and which is able to move to a first changeover position to guide said sheet to a first stacker, and a second changeover position to guide said sheet to a second stacker; a guide passage having a bent shape, to guide said sheet to said second stacker when said gate is moved to said second changeover position; and a press mechanism which is disposed upstream of said gate along a conveyance direction of said sheet, and which is able to move to a press position in which the press mechanism applies a pressure and gives a wavy shape to said sheet, and a press release position in which the press mechanism is detached from said sheet; and a cooperation mechanism which conveys the movement of said gate to said press mechanism, wherein said cooperation mechanism moves said press mechanism to said press position when said gate is in said first changeover position, and moves said press mechanism to said press release position when said gate is in said second changeover position.