Method of and apparatus for post-treating sheets with images recorded thereon
US5732940A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2408/113
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Printed sheets discharged from a copying machine are fed by a sheet feed mechanism through a sheet reception slot and stacked selectively onto a non-sorting tray in a non-sorting process or a tiltable sorting tray among a plurality of sorting trays which is located in a sheet receiving position in a sorting process or a grouping process. The sorting tray in the sheet receiving tray is in a first posture in which it is inclined to a horizontal surface by an acute angle. The posture of the sorting tray is changed from the first posture to a second posture in which it is substantially horizontal when it is moved from the sheet receiving position to a sheet removal position. A pile of printed sheets stacked on the tiltable sorting tray in the sheet removal position is gripped by a gripper mechanism. The gripped pile of printed sheets is placed over a vertically movable inclined stacking tray, and then released onto the stacking tray.
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