Sheet collection apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsShinichi Itoh, Naruaki Hiramitsu
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Abstract
A sheet collection apparatus has a stacking portion to stack mails in the standing position, a back-up plate in contact with one end of stacked mails in the stacked direction, and take-in rollers arranged at the positions contacting the other end of stacked mails. The take-in rollers are rotated at a slower peripheral speed than the conveying speed of mails taken in the stacking portion.
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A sheet collection apparatus to handle first, second and third sheets conveyed in order at a first speed, comprising:
- a bumping wall which an edge of the sheets bumps and which stops the sheets;
- a stacking portion to collect the sheets stopped by the bumping wall;
- a biasing member to compressively contact a surface of the first sheet collected in the stacking portion;
- a take-in roller provided opposite to the biasing member, wherein the take-in roller rotates at a second speed that is lower than the first speed of the third sheet, sends the third sheet to the stacking portion along the second sheet already collected in the stacking portion, and makes the edge of the third sheet bump the bumping wall.
A sheet collection apparatus to handle first, second and third sheets conveyed in order at a first speed, comprising:
- a bumping wall which an edge of the sheets bumps and which stops the sheets;
- a stacking portion to collect the sheets stopped by the bumping wall;
- a biasing member to compressively contact a surface of the first sheet collected in the stacking portion;
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- a take-in roller provided opposite to the biasing member, wherein the take-in roller rotates at a second speed to reduce gradually a speed of the third sheet, contacts and sends the third sheet to the stacking portion along the second sheet already collected in the stacking portion, and makes the edge of the third sheet bump the bumping wall.
A sheet collection apparatus to handle first, second and third sheets conveyed in a standing position in order, comprising:
- a bumping wall which an edge of the sheets bumps and which stop the sheets;
- a stacking portion including a substantially horizontal bottom plate to receive a lower edge of the sheets stopped by the bumping wall;
- a biasing member to compressively contact a surface of the first sheet received by the stacking portion;
- a take-in roller provided opposite to the biasing member, wherein the take-in roller contacts and sends the third sheet to the stacking portion along the second sheet already collected in the stacking portion, and makes the edge of the third sheet bump the bumping wall;
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- a moving mechanism to move the lower edge of the sheets to first and second directions which are opposite to each other.
A sheet collection apparatus to handle first, second and third sheets conveyed in order, comprising:
- a bumping wall which an edge of the sheets bumps and which stops the sheets;
- a stacking portion to collect the sheets stopped by the bumping wall;
- a biasing member to compressively contact a surface of the first sheet collected in the stacking portion;
- a take-in roller provided opposite to the biasing member, wherein the take-in roller sends the third sheet to the stacking portion along the second sheet already collected in the stacking portion, and makes the edge of the third sheet bump the bumping wall;
- a guide plate to guide the third sheet between the take-in roller and the second sheet already collected in the stacking portion;
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- a separating portion to separate the third sheet guided along the guide plate from the guide plate.
A sheet collection apparatus comprising:
- a conveyer to send first, second and third sheets along a primary conveying path;
- a bumping wall provided out of the primary conveying path to receive an edge of the sheets sent by the conveyer and to stops the sheets from moving;
- a stacking portion to collect the sheets stopped by the bumping wall;
- a biasing member to compressively contact a surface of the first sheet collected in the stacking portion;
- a take-in roller provided opposite to the biasing member, wherein the take-in roller sends the third sheet to the stacking portion along the second sheet already collected in the stacking portion, and makes the edge of the third sheet bump the bumping wall;
- a conveying direction changer with an inclined plane defined at a predetermined angle at a place of the primary conveying path to change a conveying direction of the sheets from the conveying path to the stacking portion;
- a guide plate substantially connected to the inclined plane of the conveying direction changer to guide the third sheet between the take-in roller and the second sheet already collected in the stacking portion;
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- a separating portion to separate the third sheet guided along the guide plate from the guide plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.