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Sheet post-processing apparatus

US5497984A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 15, 1994
Grant dateMar 12, 1996
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00911
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet post-processing apparatus is provided with a discharge tray which can be selectively moved between a processing mode position corresponding to a processing mode and a non-processing mode position corresponding to a non-processing mode. The apparatus is also provided with a control device which controls a tray drive unit which drives so as to set the discharge tray in the processing mode position when the processing mode is selected, while in the non-processing mode position when the non-processing mode is selected. The apparatus offers an improved discharging efficiency of processed sheets from a processing tray to the discharge tray in the processing mode and an improved aligning facility of sheets discharged on the discharge tray in the non-processing mode.

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