SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, TRAY UNIT AND DISCHARGE TRAY

摘要

A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance unit which conveys sheets and a discharge tray which supports the sheets conveyed by the conveyance unit. The discharge tray includes: a first tray which has first, second and third rail sections arranged at different positions respectively in a widthwise direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction and extending respectively in the conveyance direction; and a second tray which is arranged on a lower side of the first tray and which is slidably supported by the first, second, and third rail sections. The first rail section and the third rail section are contrary to each other in relation to the positions in the widthwise direction with respect to the second rail section. The first rail section has a first rib and a first protruding section; and the second rail section has a second rib and a second protruding section.

主权项

1. A sheet conveyance apparatus comprising:
a conveyance unit configured to convey sheets; and a discharge tray configured to support, in a stacked state, the sheets conveyed by the conveyance unit, wherein the discharge tray includes:
a first tray which has a first rail section, a second rail section, and a third rail section arranged at different positions respectively in a widthwise direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction along a discharge direction for discharging the sheets by the conveyance unit and extending in the conveyance direction, respectively; anda second tray which is arranged on a lower side of the first tray and which is slidably supported by the first rail section, the second rail section and the third rail section between a first position at which a forward end in the discharge direction is covered with the first tray and a second position at which the forward end in the discharge direction is positioned on a downstream side of the first tray in the discharge direction, the first rail section and the third rail section are contrary to each other in relation to the positions in the widthwise direction with respect to the second rail section, the first rail section has a first rib which extends downwardly along the discharge direction and a first protruding section which protrudes from the first rib in a first direction along the widthwise direction to support the second tray, and the second rail section has a second rib which extends downwardly along the discharge direction and a second protruding section which protrudes from the second rib in a second direction opposite to the first direction to support the second tray.