Patent ID: 7748705
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A paper discharge tray comprising: a first tray surface that receives a substantially front portion of paper discharged; a second tray surface that receives a substantially rear portion of paper discharged; a paper loading portion provided in a bent form by arranging the first and second tray surfaces so that both the first and second tray surfaces incline upward in a paper discharge direction with the second tray surface steeper than the first tray surface, wherein paper discharged is loaded along the bent form; and a rear wall that supports a trailing end of paper loaded on the paper loading portion, wherein there is provided on the first tray surface and between a bending portion of the first and second tray surfaces and an end portion of the first tray surface, at least one guide member having a first sloping part that inclines upward in the paper discharge direction with respect to the first tray surface and inclines more steeply than the second tray surface, and wherein the first sloping part inclines more steeply as the first sloping part approaches closer to a top of the guide member.