Discharged sheet accommodating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9738482-B2
Application number	US-201414473143-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 29, 2014
Priority date	Mar 24, 2014
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a discharged sheet accommodating device including a support shaft that has an axial center and is mounted on an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus that is provided with an outlet port from which a recording material is discharged, a first support portion that is provided to be fixed to a lower end of the support shaft, a second support portion into which the support shaft is movably inserted, a holding member of which one end is supported by the first support portion and the second support portion, and which is movable in an up and down direction and in a horizontal direction, and a receiving member of which one end is fixed to the support shaft and the other end is held by a leading end portion of the holding member to foe extensible and contractable, and which receives the recording material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A discharged sheet accommodating device comprising:
a support shaft that has an axial center in a vertical direction and is mounted on an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus that is provided with an outlet port from which a recording material is discharged;
a first support portion that is provided to be fixed to a lower end of the support shaft in an axial center direction;
a second support portion into which the support shaft is movably inserted and moves in an axial line direction of the support shaft; and
a holding member of which one end is supported by the first support portion and the second support portion, and which is movable in an up and down direction and in a horizontal direction while being folded,
wherein, the holding member includes:
a folded portion that is folded to have a protruding shape to be pointed upwards in the vertical direction, and the folded portion is positioned on a lower side of the outlet port in the vertical direction; and
an abutting member that stops the recoding material, and
a parallelogram-shaped link mechanism that includes a first link member of which one end is rotatably supported by the first support portion, and a second link member of which one end is rotatably supported by the second support portion and the other end of the second link member is rotatably connected to an intermediate portion of the first link member; and

the abutting member stops the recording material at a leading end portion of the parallelogram-shaped link mechanism, and
wherein the recording material discharged from the outlet port is accommodated in the holding member in a state of contacting with the folded portion and the abutting member.

2. The discharged sheet accommodating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a position of the folded portion with respect to the outlet port is determined by a position where the second support portion is held in the axial line direction of the support shaft.

3. The discharged sheet accommodating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the holding member includes:
a second parallelogram-shaped link mechanism that is connected to the other end of the first link member.

4. The discharged sheet accommodating device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the holding member includes:
a second parallelogram-shaped link mechanism that is connected to the other end of the first link member.

5. The discharged sheet accommodating device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a receiving member of which one end is fixed to the support shaft and the other end is held by a leading end portion of the holding member to be extensible and contractible, and which receives the recording material,
wherein the receiving member comprises a sheet member.

6. The discharged sheet accommodating device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a receiving member of which one end is fixed to the support shaft and the other end is held by a leading end portion of the holding member to be extensible and contractible, and which receives the recording material,
wherein the receiving member comprises a sheet member.

7. The discharged sheet accommodating device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a receiving member of which one end is fixed to the support shaft and the other end is held by a leading end portion of the holding member to be extensible and contractible, and which receives the recording material,
wherein the receiving member comprises a sheet member.

8. The discharged sheet accommodating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the abutting member comprises a foldable wire material of which a surface is covered with an elastic member.

9. The discharged sheet accommodating device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a receiving member of which one end is fixed to the support shaft and the other end is held by a leading end portion of the holding member to be extensible and contractible, and which receives the recording material.

10. A discharged sheet accommodating device comprising:
a support shaft that has an axial center in a vertical direction and is mounted on an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus that is provided with an outlet port from which a recording material is discharged;
a first support portion that is provided to be fixed to a lower end of the support shaft in an axial center direction;
a second support portion into which the support shaft is movably inserted and moves in an axial line direction of the support shaft; and
a holding member of which one end is supported by the first support portion and the second support portion, and which is movable in an up and down direction and in a horizontal direction while being folded,
wherein, the holding member includes:
a first link member of which one end is rotatably supported by the first support portion;
a second link member of which one end is rotatably supported by the second support portion and the other end is rotatably connected to the first link member at a first position;
a third link member of which one end is rotatably connected to the first link member at a position different from the first position; and
an abutting member that stops the recording material, the abutting member being connected to the other end of the third link member.

11. The discharged sheet accommodating device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the holding member includes a folded portion, and
wherein a position of the folded portion with respect to the outlet port is determined by a position where the second support portion is held in the axial line direction of the support shaft.

12. The discharged sheet accommodating device according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a receiving member of which one end is fixed to the support shaft and the other end is held by a leading end portion of the holding member to be extendible and contractible, and which receives the recording material,
wherein the receiving member comprises a sheet member.

13. The discharged sheet accommodating device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the abutting member comprises a foldable wire material of which a surface is covered with an elastic member.

14. A discharged sheet accommodating device comprising:
a support shaft that has an axial center in a vertical direction and is mounted on an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus that is provided with an outlet port from which a recording material is discharged;
a first support portion that is provided to be fixed to a lower end of the support shaft in an axial center direction;
a second support portion into which the support shaft is movably inserted and moves in an axial line direction of the support shaft;
a holding member of which one end is supported by the first support portion and the second support portion, and which is movable in an up and down direction and in a horizontal direction while being folded; and
a receiving member of which one end is fixed to the support shaft and the other end is held by a leading end portion of the holding member to be extendible and contractible, and which receives the recording material,
wherein the receiving member comprises a sheet member.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Aoyagi Keiichi

Classifications

• B65H2801/06

  Office-type machines, e.g. photocopiers · CPC title

• B65H2405/111646

  involving extension members pivotable around an axis parallel to bottom surface and perpendicular to transport direction · CPC title

• B65H2405/11162

  Front portion pivotable around an axis perpendicular to transport direction · CPC title

• B65H2405/1111

  with several surface portions forming an angle relatively to each other · CPC title

• B65H31/02

  with stationary end support against which pile accumulates · CPC title