Recording material discharge device, and recording material processing apparatus using same

Abstract

Provided is a recording material discharge device including a recording material discharge member that discharges a recording material, a receiving member that receives the recording material which is discharged by the recording material discharge member, and a variable section that changes an angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A recording material discharge device comprising:
 a recording material discharge member that discharges a recording material;   a receiving member that receives the recording material which is discharged by the recording material discharge member; and   a variable section that changes an angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member.   
     
     
         2 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the variable section changes the angle of the discharge of the recording material according to the characteristic of the recording material, the recording material being discharged by the recording material discharge member.   
     
     
         3 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the variable section allows the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member to become smaller in a case where a receiving reaction force is large than in a case where the receiving reaction force is small based on the characteristic of the recording material affecting the receiving reaction force which acts on the recording material received by the receiving member.   
     
     
         4 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the variable section allows the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member to become smaller in a case where a frictional resistance of the recording material is large than in a case where the frictional resistance of the recording material is small based on the characteristic of the recording material affecting the frictional resistance of the recording material which is discharged to the receiving member.   
     
     
         5 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the characteristic of the recording material includes at least any one of a basis weight of the recording material, a length of the recording material in a transport direction, a surface property of the recording material, and a type of an image recorded on the recording material.   
     
     
         6 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the variable section allows the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member to become smaller in a case where a recording material with a high basis weight is discharged than in a case where a recording material with a low basis weight is discharged when the recording materials with the different basis weights are discharged.   
     
     
         7 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the variable section allows the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member to become smaller in a case where a recording material that is long in the transport direction is discharged than in a case where a recording material that is short in the transport direction is discharged when the recording materials with the different lengths in the transport direction are discharged.   
     
     
         8 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the variable section allows the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member to become smaller in a case where a recording material with a high smoothness is discharged than in a case where a recording material with a low smoothness is discharge when the recording materials with the different surface properties are discharged.   
     
     
         9 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the variable section allows the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member to become smaller in a case where a recording material on which line images are mainly recorded is discharged than in a case where a recording material on which surface images are mainly recorded is discharged when the recording materials on which the different types of the images are recorded are discharged.   
     
     
         10 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the recording material discharge member includes:   discharge members of pair configuration that rotate in contact with each other; and   a supporting member that supports the discharge members of pair configuration and rotates about a rotation fulcrum, and   wherein the variable section changes the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member without changing relative positions of the discharge members of pair configuration by rotating the supporting member about the rotation fulcrum of the supporting member.   
     
     
         11 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the recording material discharge member includes:   discharge members of pair configuration that rotate in contact with each other; and   a supporting member that supports the discharge members of pair configuration and rotates about a rotation fulcrum, and   wherein the variable section changes the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member without changing relative positions of the discharge members of pair configuration by rotating the supporting member about the rotation fulcrum of the supporting member.   
     
     
         12 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the recording material discharge member includes:   discharge members of pair configuration that rotate in contact with each other; and   a supporting member that supports the discharge members of pair configuration and rotates about a rotation fulcrum, and   wherein the variable section changes the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member without changing relative positions of the discharge members of pair configuration by rotating the supporting member about the rotation fulcrum of the supporting member.   
     
     
         13 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein the recording material discharge member includes:   discharge members of pair configuration that rotate in contact with each other; and   a supporting member that supports the discharge members of pair configuration and rotates about a rotation fulcrum, and   wherein the variable section changes the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member without changing relative positions of the discharge members of pair configuration by rotating the supporting member about the rotation fulcrum of the supporting member.   
     
     
         14 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the recording material discharge member includes:   discharge members of pair configuration that rotate in contact with each other; and   a supporting member that supports the discharge members of pair configuration and rotates about a rotation fulcrum, and   wherein the variable section changes the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member without changing relative positions of the discharge members of pair configuration by rotating the supporting member about the rotation fulcrum of the supporting member.   
     
     
         15 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein the recording material discharge member includes:   discharge members of pair configuration that rotate in contact with each other; and   a supporting member that supports the discharge members of pair configuration and rotates about a rotation fulcrum, and   wherein the variable section changes the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member without changing relative positions of the discharge members of pair configuration by rotating the supporting member about the rotation fulcrum of the supporting member.   
     
     
         16 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 10 ,
 wherein a straight line connecting a position of a recording material nipping portion of the discharge members of pair configuration and the rotation fulcrum of the supporting member is substantially orthogonal to a direction of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member in the variable section.   
     
     
         17 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the variable section includes a designation section that designates the characteristic of the recording material, and   wherein the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member is changed based on the characteristic of the recording material designated by the designation section.   
     
     
         18 . The recording material discharge device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the receiving member is a recording material accommodating member that accommodates the recording material which is discharged by the recording material discharge member, and   wherein the variable section further includes a detection section that is capable of detecting a loading amount of the recording material which is accommodated in the recording material accommodating member as the receiving member, and allows the angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member to the recording material accommodating member to become smaller in a case where the loading amount of the recording material is large than in a case where the loading amount of the recording material is small based on a result of the detection by the detection section.   
     
     
         19 . A recording material processing apparatus comprising:
 a processing section that processes a recording material; and   the recording material discharge device according to  claim 1  that discharges the recording material which is processed by the processing section.   
     
     
         20 . A recording material processing apparatus comprising:
 a post-processing section that post-processes a recording material; and   the recording material discharge device according to  claim 1  that discharges the recording material toward the post-processing section.