Article receiving device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9580268-B2
Application number	US-201514859593-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2015
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

A receiving device that is connected to a sheet processing device to receive a sheet comprising: a receiving port that receives the sheet discharged from a discharge port of the sheet processing device: casters that support the receiving device on a floor; and a roller that rides up a support part provided with the sheet processing device at the time of connecting the receiving device and the sheet processing device to receive a part of the weight of the receiving device on the support part, wherein when the roller rides up the support part, a part of the casters floats up from the floor, and the receiving port is positioned to the discharge port.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A receiving device that is connected to a sheet processing device to receive a sheet comprising:
a receiving port that receives the sheet discharged from a discharge port of the sheet processing device along a first direction;
casters that support the receiving device on a floor; and
a roller that rides up a support part provided with the sheet processing device at the time of connecting the receiving device and the sheet processing device to receive a part of a weight of the receiving device on the support part, wherein when the roller rides up the support part, a part of the casters floats up from the floor, and the receiving port is positioned to the discharge port,
wherein the receiving device further comprises:
a receiving member that receives the sheet in a vicinity of the receiving port, and
a support mechanism that supports the receiving member flexibly with respect to the receiving device such that the receiving member is displaced at a time of connecting the receiving device to the sheet processing device to position the receiving port with respect to a reference part provided in a vicinity of the discharge port,
wherein the support mechanism includes a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion provided on both sides of the receiving member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction respectively, each of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion has a side plate with an elongated hole extending in the first direction, and a shaft being engaged in the elongated hole,
wherein the shaft is movable along the elongated hole in each of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion independently, thereby the receiving member rotatably follows to the reference part.

2. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein
the roller riding on the support part is engaged to the support part not to drop off the support part.

3. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein
a mechanism for height adjustment is provided with a caster that does not float from the floor at the time the roller rides up the support part, among the casters.

4. The receiving device according to claim 3 , wherein
the mechanism includes a cam mechanism.

5. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein
the roller is provided in a vicinity of one of the casters.

6. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion further has a spring that urges the receiving member in the first direction toward the processing device, wherein when the connection between the receiving device and the sheet processing device is released, the receiving member returns back to an initial state by a force of the spring.

7. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein
the receiving member has a face that supports the sheet thereon and an abutting part that abuts on the reference part of the discharge port, and
when the abutting part abuts on the reference part, the receiving member rotatably follows to the reference part by moving in the first direction and rotating with respect an axis of the shaft and an axis that is perpendicular to a surface of the receiving member.

8. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein
the sheet processing device includes a printer, and the receiving device includes a stack device that receives and supports the sheet printed by the printer.

9. A receiving device that is connected to a sheet processing device to receive a sheet comprising:
a receiving port that receives the sheet discharged from a discharge port of the sheet processing device along a first direction;
a receiving member that receives the sheet in a vicinity of the receiving port; and
a supports mechanism that support the receiving member flexibly with respect to the receiving device such that the receiving member is displaced at a time of connecting the receiving device to the sheet processing device to position the receiving port with respect to a reference part provided in a vicinity of the discharge port,
wherein the support mechanism includes a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion provided on both sides of the receiving member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction respectively, each of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion has a side plate with an elongated hole extending in the first direction, and a shaft being engaged in the elongated hole,
wherein the shaft is movable along the elongated hole in each of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion independently, thereby the receiving member rotatably follows to the reference part.

10. The receiving device according to claim 9 , wherein
each of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion further has a spring that urges the receiving member in the first direction toward the processing device, wherein when the connection between the receiving device and the sheet processing device is released, the receiving member returns back to an initial state by a force of the spring.

11. The receiving device according to claim 9 , wherein
the receiving member has a face that supports the sheet thereon and an abutting part that abuts on the reference part of the discharge port, and
when the abutting part abuts on the reference part, the receiving member rotatably follows to the reference part by moving in the first direction and rotating with respect an axis of the shaft and an axis that is perpendicular to a surface of the receiving member.

12. The receiving device according to claim 10 , wherein
the receiving member has a roller as the abutting part.

13. The receiving device according to claim 9 , wherein
the sheet processing device includes a printer, and the receiving device includes a stack device that receives and supports the sheet printed by the printer.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Nagashima Masakazu
• Kikuchi Tetsuo
• Anayama Daiki
• Harigae Ryo

Classifications

• B65H2220/01

  indicating an entity as a function of which control, adjustment or change is performed, i.e. input · CPC title

• B65H2402/42

  Mobile apparatus, i.e. mounted on mobile carrier such as tractor or truck · CPC title

• B65H2405/11151

  with surface inclined upwardly in transport direction · CPC title

• B65H2553/61

  Mechanical means, e.g. contact arms · CPC title

• B65H2402/63

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic