PURPOSE: To assure a smooth operation, by securing a guide under the sheet discharge section of an imaging apparatus, supporting a movable guide in a pivotally turnable manner under the former guide, and providing another guide for directing the loop of a discharged sheet outwards.
CONSTITUTION: A sheet storage tray 13, which is provided under the recording paper discharge section of a facsimile apparatus, comprises a movable guide 14, with which a discharged sheet 6 is brought into contact to direct the sheet downwards, and a secured guide 16 facing the former guide 14 to define a sheet storage space 15 of V-shaped cross section. An opening 20 for allowing the inversion of the rear edge of the sheet 6 grasped at the front edge 6' by a grabbing portion 19 betwen the guides 14, 16 is provided over the movable guide 14. Another guide 23 for direction the loop of the discharged sheet 6 out of the opening 20 is disposed over the moving cutting member 11b of a cutter 11.
IKEDA TAKESHI
KASUYA MICHIO
MATSUMOTO HIROAKI
IWATA MASAKATSU
