Patent ID: 9041753
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
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; a second discharge tray placed at a position downstream of the second conveying path in a sheet conveying direction thereof and configured to receive a sheet discharged from the second conveying path at a second sheet loading surface; and a discharge tray distance adjustment mechanism configured to control at least one of the first discharge tray and the second discharge tray so that a distance between a downstream end in a sheet discharging direction in one of the first discharge tray and the second discharge tray and a downstream end in a sheet discharging direction in the other one of the first discharge tray and the second discharge tray is displaced between a first distance during a sheet discharging operation to one of the first discharge tray and the second discharge tray and a second distance that is greater than the first distance.