Patent ID: 7802787

Claim:
A sheet discharging device comprising: a sheet discharging port from which a sheet is discharged; a sheet discharging tray which is provided correspondingly to the sheet discharging port, the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging port being stacked on the sheet discharging tray; a plurality of sheet lifting members provided so as to be moveable between a retraction position in which the sheet lifting members are located in the sheet discharging port and a protrusion position in which the sheet lifting members protrude from the sheet discharging port toward the sheet discharging tray; and two guide members provided with each sheet lifting member, one guide member provided on either side of the sheet lifting member such that the corresponding sheet lifting member is slidable in a direction of discharge of the sheet, wherein when a leading end portion of the sheet contacts with the sheet lifting members, the sheet lifting members move from the retraction position to the protrusion position, the sheet lifting members stay at the protrusion position and lift up the sheet while the sheet is discharged from the sheet discharging port to the sheet discharge tray, and the sheet lifting members return to the retraction position when the sheet has been discharged from the sheet discharging port.