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Sorter with rotary spirals and guide rails

US5305994A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 13, 1992
Grant dateApr 26, 1994
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00827
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sorter includes a sheet processing device, a plurality of bin trays arranged in a vertical direction, each bin tray having a specified width and length and adapted for bearing a sheet, shifting means for shifting the plurality of bin trays in the vertical direction, and moving means for moving the bin tray in a predetermined position in a lengthwise direction of the bin tray so that the sheet on the bin tray is processed by the sheet processing device. The bin tray can be moved to a position where sheet processing is to be applied by the sheet processing device.

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