摘要 |
PURPOSE:To make it possible to selectively and simply store papers discharged to a vertically swingable carrier tray, in the selected one of paper storing trays in accordance with the size of the paper, by aligning at a suitable time the discharging end of the carrier tray with the selected paper tray. CONSTITUTION:A carrier plate 7 (carrier tray) is vertically swung by a stepping motor in accordance with the sizes of papers 22 which are copied by a copying machine, to align its discharge end 7a with either one of the front ends of paper storing trays 19, 20, 21 in accordance with the sizes of the papers 22. In this condition, a paper 22 which is discharged onto the carrier plate 7 by means of a paper discharge belt 1 and a paper discharging roller 2 is held between a pair of upper and lower paper transferring rollers 12, 13 which are disposed above and below the carrier plate 7 and which are rotatingly driven by a drive shaft 6 that is the swinging center of the carrier plate 7, and is transferred to and stored in predetermined one of the paper trays 19, 20, 21. |