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US 12,280,979 · App. 18/463,772 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Sheet post-processing device

Inventors: Koji Murata (Osaka, JP); Tadahisa Kishimoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
B65H45/04B65H31/02B65H2801/27
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,280,979
App. No.
18/463,772
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sheet post-processing device includes a discharge port, a discharge tray, and a sheet holding member. On the discharge tray, a sheet discharged through the discharge port is stacked. The sheet holding member is swingably attached above the discharge port, and holds the sheet stacked on the discharge tray. The sheet holding member has a plurality of link members and a joint portion. The plurality of link members are coupled to each other along a discharge direction of the sheet. The joint portion couples the plurality of link members to each other. The sheet holding member is capable of changing a shape thereof by being bent at the joint portion in an up-down direction.

Claims (14)

1. A sheet post-processing device, comprising:

a discharge port having a pair of discharge rollers that discharge a sheet including a folded sheet subjected to folding processing;

a discharge tray on which the sheet discharged through the discharge port is stacked; and

a sheet holding member that is swingably attached above the pair of discharge rollers to extend toward the discharge tray, and that holds the sheet stacked on the discharge tray,

wherein

the sheet holding member has

a plurality of link members coupled to each other along a discharge direction of the sheet, and

a joint portion that couples the plurality of link members to each other,

the sheet holding member is capable of changing a shape thereof by being bent at the joint portion in an up-down direction,

the sheet holding member has a weight member attached to at least one of the link members, and

the weight member is movable along the discharge direction of the sheet.

2. The sheet post-processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the weight member is, based on a size of the sheet in the discharge direction of the sheet and a number of the sheet stacked on the discharge tray, disposed at a predetermined position in the discharge direction of the sheet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2023
From: MURATA, KOJI; KISHIMOTO, TADAHISA
To: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 064847/0313 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-148422 · Sep 16, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240101385A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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