PAPER DISCHARGE DEVICE AND PAPER DISCHARGE METHOD

• Main Author: MASUDA TSUYOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 21.12.2017
• Subjects: CONVEYING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper discharge device capable of appropriately discharging a sheet according to a status of a user receiving the sheet.SOLUTION: A paper discharge device 1 comprises: a discharge port through which a sheet is discharged; a conveyance section 13 conveying the sheet to the discharge port; a conveyance control section 17a controlling the conveyance section 13 such that a leading end of the sheet is exposed from the discharge port; a pulling determination section 17b determining whether or not the leading end of the sheet exposed by the conveyance control section 17a is pulled; and a paper discharge control section 17c controlling the conveyance section 13 so as to change a conveyance mode of the sheet in accordance with a determination result of the pulling determination section 17b.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】用紙を受け取る利用者の状況に応じて、適切に用紙を排出できる排紙装置を提供する。【解決手段】排紙装置１は、用紙が排出される排出口、排出口に用紙を搬送する搬送部１３、用紙の先端が排出口から露出するよう搬送部１３を制御する搬送制御部１７ａ、搬送制御部１７ａによって露出された用紙の先端が引っ張られたか否かを判別する引っ張り判別部１７ｂ、および、引っ張り判別部１７ｂの判別結果に従って、用紙の搬送態様を変化させるよう搬送部１３を制御する排紙制御部１７ｃを備える。【選択図】図１