US 11,912,525 B2
Finisher with compact medium conveying structure
Taehong Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); Wonic Tae, Seongnam-si (KR); Taejin Baek, Seongnam-si (KR); Wonkeun Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); and Joonghyun Kim, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/928,080
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/056775
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/242296, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0064914 (KR), filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219779 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 31/30 (2006.01); B65H 31/10 (2006.01); B65H 31/26 (2006.01); B65H 31/32 (2006.01); B65H 37/04 (2006.01); B65H 43/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 31/30 (2013.01) [B65H 31/10 (2013.01); B65H 31/26 (2013.01); B65H 31/32 (2013.01); B65H 37/04 (2013.01); B65H 43/06 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4213 (2013.01); B65H 2403/41 (2013.01); B65H 2408/121 (2013.01); B65H 2511/15 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A finisher comprising:
a first portion to extend in a vertical direction;
a second portion, extending from the first portion in a lateral direction, comprising an entrance to receive paper as a finishing process target and a finishing unit to perform a finishing process;
a fall-over reduction member to support a load of the second portion;
a stacker to receive paper discharged from the finishing unit and which extends in an opposite direction to the second portion based on the first portion; and
an elevation driving unit provided in the first portion to elevate the stacker in the vertical direction.