Patent ID: 8714547

Claim:
A paper discharge apparatus comprising: a discharge device which conveys a paper in a paper conveying direction to discharge the paper; a paper loading device having a paper loading portion and a paper rear-end abutting portion, wherein the paper loading portion loads the paper discharged by the discharge device, and the paper rear-end abutting portion abuts a rear end of the paper loaded on the paper loading portion as viewed in the paper conveying direction; a paper pinching member which pinches the paper discharged by the discharge device at a paper pinching position to move the paper to a paper loading position on the paper loading portion of the paper loading device, wherein at the paper pinching position, the paper pinching member pinches the paper which is in a process of being discharged by the discharge device onto the paper loading portion of the paper loading device; and a moving device which moves the paper pinching member from the paper pinching position to the paper loading position so that the paper is moved from the paper pinching position to the paper loading position while being pinched by the paper pinching member; wherein when the paper pinching member reaches the paper loading position, the moving device moves the paper pinching member in an opposite direction to the paper conveying direction so that the rear end of the paper pinched by the paper pinching member is abutted to the paper rear-end abutting portion of the paper loading device.