PURPOSE: To provide a stable foldability and loadability and a large volume of paper loadability of papers by providing a paper stopper where the distance between a paper discharging means and the paper stopper is longer than the length of one paper sheet length to the continuous paper in the carrying direction, and the height of of the stopper is larger than the permissible loading height of the folded and loaded papers for the storing part
CONSTITUTION: A unit paper part (P1) is folded and loaded on a paper storing table 9 through the carrying posture of (P2) indicated by a dashed line and (P3) indicated by a two-dot chain line. Here, a paper stopper 11 provided on the paper storing table 9 is arranged so that the distance (L) between a paper discharging roller 7 as a paper discharging means and the paper stopper 11 may be set longer than the carrying length (D) of the length of one paper to be folded. The height (H) of the paper stopper 11 is set larger than the permissible loading height HL of the papers to be folded and loaded relative to the paper storing table 9. Thus, it becomes difficult for the stress to be exerted on the paper (P) to be discharged, leading to the stable loadability of the paper (P). The paper (P) is smoothly discharged and carried from the paper discharging roller 7 to the paper storing part without any buckling troubles.
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