SHEET DISCHARGE DEVICE, SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM

• Main Authors: IZAKI TAKAO, FURUKAWA HITOSHI, ISHIBASHI HARUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 03.06.2021
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; CONVEYING; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

To provide a sheet discharge device having improved taking-out performance of sheets, a sheet processing device comprising it, and an image formation system.SOLUTION: A sheet discharge device comprises: a first discharge part 24 and a second discharge part 36 for discharging sheets; a first loading part 25 for loading the sheets discharged by the first discharge part; a second loading part 37 for loading the sheets discharged by the second discharge part; a lifting part for lifting the first loading part and the second loading part; a detection part for changing an output value based on the fact that an object has been brought into contact with an undersurface of the first loading part; and a control part for, when the object has been brought into contact with the undersurface of the first loading part, carrying out separating processing for moving at least one of the first loading part and the second loading part so that a distance between the first loading part and the second loading part is increased in the vertical direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】シートの取り出し性を向上したシート排出装置及びこれを備えたシート処理装置並びに画像形成システムを提供する。【解決手段】シートを排出する第１排出部２４及び第２排出部３６と、前記第１排出部によって排出されたシートが積載される第１積載部２５と、前記第２排出部によって排出されたシートが積載される第２積載部３７と、前記第１積載部及び前記第２積載部を昇降させる昇降部と、前記第１積載部の下面に物体が接触したことに基づいて出力値を変化させる検知部と、前記第１積載部の前記下面に前記物体が接触した場合、上下方向において前記第１積載部と前記第２積載部との間の距離が大きくなるように、前記第１積載部及び前記第２積載部の少なくとも一方を移動させる離間処理を実行する制御部と、を備える。【選択図】図１