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Sheet storing apparatus provided for a copying machine

US4981293A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 16, 1989
Grant dateJan 1, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0089
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sheet storing apparatus comprising a tray for receiving sheets ejected from a copying machine, a first shift unit for reciprocating the tray in the direction perpendicular to the ejection of sheets, an aligning member for aligning the sheets on the tray, which is in contact with the surface of the top of the sheets on the tray and a second shift unit for shiting the aligning member in the same direction as that of the shifting of the tray. The sheets are divided by the shifting of the tray every time a set of sheets finishes to be transported onto the tray, and the aligning member is shifted synchronized with the shifting of the tray. Further, the sheet storing apparatus is provided with a rotatable ejection roller for transporting sheets onto the tray and a round transport member which is in contact with the ejection roller and rotatable together with the rotation of the ejection roller, and through between which and the ejection roller and sheets are transported onto the tray, and the ejection roller is shifted in the direction perpendicular to the ejection of sheets synchronized with the shifting of the tray.

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