Sorter with set displacing in-bin stapler
US5255902A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 1992 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2408/113
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A moving bin sorter has a plurality of sheet receiving trays supported for shifting movement to enlarge the space between adjacent trays at a sheet entry location to facilitate the feeding of successive sheets forming a set of sheets into the successive trays. The trays are formed to allow a portion of a stapler to be moved from a non-stapling position to a position for stapling a set of sheets in the successive trays while displacing the previously stapled sets in their respective trays with another portion of the stapler to enable positioning of the stapler in its operative position to staple a set of sheets. The stapler may be mounted for movement relative to the successive trays for applying staples at more than one location in each set.
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