摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stock device effectively aligning the tips of paper sheets and effectively preventing defective paper feeding etc., caused by the non-alignment of the tips in the stock device temporarily stocking single-side printed paper used for a double-side printer. SOLUTION: The stock device temporarily stocking the single-side printed paper on which a toner image formed by developing an electrostatic image formed on the surface of a photoreceptor drum is transferred and fixed is constituted of a supporting base for mounting the single-side printed paper, a paper feed roller provided in one side end of the supporting base and feeding the single-side printed paper on the supporting base to a toner image transfer region, a tip alignment guide provided on the paper feed roller, a forward roller arranged in the upper part of the supporting base so as to move vertically and forwarding the single-side printed paper, and a cooling fan arranged upward of the supporting base. This is also characterized that a frame for the cooling fan is provided with a wind-shielding member extending upward on the side opposite to the side where the paper feeding roller and the tip alignment guide are positioned. |