SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND ERASING DEVICE

摘要

A sheet discharging device includes a first conveying path that guides a sheet to be conveyed. A second conveying path branches from the first conveying path. A sorting section sorts a sheet being conveyed on the first conveying path into either a downstream side of the branch point or the second conveying path. A first discharge tray is placed at a position downstream of the first conveying path and receives a sheet discharged from the first conveying path at a first sheet loading surface. A second discharge tray is placed at a position downstream of the second conveying path and below the first discharge tray, and receives a sheet discharged from the second conveying path at a second sheet loading surface whose distance to the first sheet loading surface increases toward a downstream side thereof in a sheet discharging direction.

主权项

1. A sheet discharging device comprising:
a first conveying path configured to guide a sheet to be conveyed; a second conveying path branched from the first conveying path at a branch point of the first conveying path; a sorting section configured to sort a sheet being conveyed on the first conveying path into either a downstream side of the branch point on the first conveying path or the second conveying path; a first discharge tray placed at a position downstream of the first conveying path in a sheet conveying direction thereof and configured to receive a sheet discharged from the first conveying path at a first sheet loading surface; a second discharge tray placed at a position downstream of the second conveying path in a sheet conveying direction thereof and configured to receive a sheet discharged from the second conveying path at a second sheet loading surface; and a discharge tray distance adjustment mechanism configured to control at least one of the first discharge tray and the second discharge tray so that a distance between a downstream end in a sheet discharging direction in one of the first discharge tray and the second discharge tray and a downstream end in a sheet discharging direction in the other one of the first discharge tray and the second discharge tray is displaced between a first distance during a sheet discharging operation to one of the first discharge tray and the second discharge tray and a second distance that is greater than the first distance.