Patent ID: 8201497

Claim:
A stencil receiving apparatus that is configured to be detachably mounted to a printing apparatus for receiving a stencil discharged from said printing apparatus, comprising: a stencil receiving container that has a main body including a bottom section for receiving the stencil, a facing section for receiving the stencil arranged at said bottom section for receiving the stencil so as to be opposite to a stencil receiving direction, a pair of side sections arranged at two side faces of said bottom section parallel to the stencil receiving direction, a stencil discarding section provided at at least one of the side sections for discarding the stencil in a direction orthogonal to the stencil receiving direction, and an upper opening formed by a part of a front face of the main body and an upper part of the main body, the stencil receiving container being arranged to be removed from the printing apparatus in a direction parallel to a compressing direction of the stencil; an attachment/detachment operation section that is arranged at said stencil receiving container at a side of said facing section for receiving the stencil and used when said stencil receiving apparatus is attached to or detached from said printing apparatus; and a cover member including a plate section covering a rear portion of the upper opening of the main body, an arm section extending forwardly from the plate section to cover at least partly a front portion of the upper opening, a stencil moving section that is arranged at said stencil receiving container at the side of said facing section for receiving the stencil and moves the received stencil into said stencil receiving container towards a direction opposite to the stencil receiving direction, and a stencil moving operation section that is arranged at said stencil receiving container at the side of said facing section and operates said stencil moving section, the plate section, and the arm section, wherein the cover member is arranged to cover the upper opening with the plate section and the arm section and to place the stencil moving section in said facing section when the stencil moving operation section is not operated, and to open the upper opening and to move the stencil moving section into the stencil receiving container by lifting the plate section and the arm section when the stencil moving operation section is operated, and the stencil receiving container is arranged to be removed by holding the attachment/detachment operation section by one hand and to discharge a used stencil from the stencil receiving container while tilting the stencil receiving container so that the stencil discarding section is oriented downwardly.