Sorting apparatus
US4681310A · kind A · utility
23Cited by
7References
12Claims
0Family size
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 23, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2408/113
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus in which sheets are sorted in selected ones of a plurality of movable trays shiftable relative to one another. One edge of the trays is supported with the remaining edges thereof being unsupported. Successive trays move from one side of a sheet inlet region to the other side thereof with the trays shifting relative to one another to provide wide entry regions at the sheet inlet region and at a sheet securing region.
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