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US 12,344,413 B2Granted
Sheet storage apparatus and sheet processing apparatus
AssigneeGlory Ltd.
InventorsHidetomo Yanagiuchi, Yoichi Takemura
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a sheet storage apparatus and a sheet processing apparatus capable of effectively reducing tension applied to the entrance portion of a storage bag that stores sheets at the time of sealing the storage bag. The sheet storage apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a sealing unit that seals a predetermined portion of the storage bag storing sheets and a tension reducing unit that reduces the tension applied to the predetermined portion.
Claims13
A sheet storage apparatus, comprising:
- a sealing unit that seals a predetermined portion of a storage bag, the storage bag storing sheets in a storage direction;
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- a tension reducing unit that reduces tension applied to the predetermined portion, the tension reducing unit including a first closing unit and a second closing unit that are disposed with the storage bag therebetween in a first direction perpendicular to the storage direction to sandwich the storage bag from an outside thereof, wherein
- the first closing unit and the second closing unit move while facing each other to close the storage bag at a position that is closer, in the storage direction, to a storage area of the storage bag than to the predetermined portion,
- the first closing unit and the second closing unit move to a first position, and then move to a second position from the first position before the sealing unit starts to seal the storage bag, and
- a distance between the first closing unit and the second closing unit at the second position is greater than a distance between the first closing unit and the second closing unit at the first position.
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A sheet storage method, comprising:
- reducing tension applied to a predetermined portion of a storage bag, which stores sheets in a storage direction, by moving a first closing unit and a second closing unit to a first position, and then moving to a second position;
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- sealing the predetermined portion of the storage bag, wherein
- the first closing unit and the second closing unit are disposed with the storage bag therebetween in a first direction perpendicular to the storage direction to sandwich the storage bag from an outside thereof,
- the first closing unit and the second closing unit face each other and are moved to close the storage bag at a position that is closer, in the storage direction, to a storage area of the storage bag than to the predetermined portion,
- the first closing unit and the second closing unit are moved to the second position from the first position before the sealing starts to seal the storage bag, and
- a distance between the first closing unit and the second closing unit at the second position is greater than a distance between the first closing unit and the second closing unit at the first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.