US 12,280,979 B2
Sheet post-processing device
Koji Murata, Osaka (JP); and Tadahisa Kishimoto, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/463,772.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-148422 (JP), filed on Sep. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0101385 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B65H 45/20 (2006.01); B65H 31/02 (2006.01); B65H 45/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 45/04 (2013.01) [B65H 31/02 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet post-processing device, comprising:
a discharge port having a pair of discharge rollers that discharge a sheet including a folded sheet subjected to folding processing;
a discharge tray on which the sheet discharged through the discharge port is stacked; and
a sheet holding member that is swingably attached above the pair of discharge rollers to extend toward the discharge tray, and that holds the sheet stacked on the discharge tray,
wherein
the sheet holding member has
a plurality of link members coupled to each other along a discharge direction of the sheet, and
a joint portion that couples the plurality of link members to each other,
the sheet holding member is capable of changing a shape thereof by being bent at the joint portion in an up-down direction,
the sheet holding member has a weight member attached to at least one of the link members, and
the weight member is movable along the discharge direction of the sheet.