Sheet storage apparatus having plural sheet storage trays with variable distance
US5761600A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2513/51
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
For reducing the curl of the sheets ejected from an electrophotographic printer to a sorter, which is so constructed as to increase the space between a tray currently subjected to sheet storage and an upper adjacent tray and to reduce the spaces of other trays, there is executed control, in response to the end or interruption of the printing operation of the printer, so as to increase the space of the trays not currently subjected to sheet storage operation and to decrease the space of the tray currently subjected to the sheet storage operation, thereby pressing the sheets present on the tray.
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