| 摘要 |
A paper discharge device which can temporarily stock paper in the device before the paper is discharged from a discharge port, without a fear of wrinkling or folding the paper during the stock, and without a limitation on the kind and length of paper which can be stocked is disclosed, a paper discharge device comprises a first conveyance path (31) for guiding paper from an input side (16) to between a driving roller (2) and a driven roller (3), a second conveyance path (32), an initiating end thereof being joined to the first conveyance path (31) at a point nearer to the input side than the driving roller (2) and a terminating end thereof being connected to a discharge port (17), a paper stock space (8) provided on an opposite side to the input side (16) with a contact point (P1) of the driving roller (2) and the driven roller (3) being sandwiched therebetween, and a third conveyance path (33) forguiding the paper (60) from the contact point (P1) of the driving roller (2) and the driven roller (3) to the paper stock space (8), and is structured such that the paper (60) is conveyed from the input side to the paper stock space (8) and, after a trailing end of the conveyed paper (60) passes a joining point (P2) of the first conveyance path (31) and the second conveyance path (32), the feed direction of the paper (60) is reversed to feed the paper (60) to the discharge port (17). <IMAGE> |
