Sorter connection apparatus
US4353543A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 19, 1980 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2404/521
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sorter connection apparatus disposed between a copying machine and a sorter, which is capable of feeding individually copy sheets discharged from the copying machine into the sorter, comprising a lower guide plate connecting the sheet outlet of the copying machine to the sheet inlet of the sorter, an upper guide plate situated above the lower guide plate, mounted detachably on the lower guide plate through a detachment device, and a sheet transportation roller which is in contact with the lower surface of the upper guide plate and at least the outer peripheral portion of which is made of an elastic material which can be easily deformed under application of pressure thereto. The sheets are transported, while held between the upper guide plate and the sheet transportation roller.
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