Sheet post-process apparatus and waiting tray
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasunobu Terao, Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Mikio Yamamoto, Tomomi Iijima, Hiroyuki Taki
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Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus is featured in that a waiting tray comprises an extensible tray set to enable projection of a transported sheet in a distal end direction and retraction into a distal end direction, wherein, in the case where a size of a sheet transported to the waiting tray exceeds a size set on the waiting tray, an extensible tray drive roller is driven to project the extensible tray in a transport proximal end direction of the sheet.
Claims5
A sheet post-process apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a waiting tray which temporarily retains a transported sheet in a waiting mode, and releases the retention to drop the sheet;
- a processing tray which bundles sheets dropped from the waiting tray to carry out predetermined processing, and ejects the sheets;
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- a storage tray which holds the bundle of sheets processed and ejected on the processing tray,
- wherein the waiting tray comprises:
- left and right lower face support members which support left and right lower faces in a sheet transport direction during retention in a waiting mode and release the support of the left and right lower faces during release of the retention;
- an extensible tray housed in the left and right lower face support members, the extensible tray being projectively provided in a proximal end direction of the transported sheet;
- drive means for projecting the extensible tray in a transport distal end direction of the sheet;
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- control means for controlling the drive means, and
- the control means controls the drive means to project the extensible tray in the transport proximal end direction of the sheet when it is sensed that a size of a sheet transported to the waiting tray exceeds a size set on the waiting tray, based on information concerning a size of the sheet transported to the waiting tray.
A waiting tray for use in a sheet post-process apparatus, for temporarily retaining a transported sheet in a waiting mode, followed by releasing the support, making it possible to drop the sheet on a processing tray, the waiting tray comprising:
- left and right lower face support members which support left and right lower faces in a sheet transport direction during retention in a waiting mode and release the support of the left and right lower faces during release of the retention;
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- an extensible tray housed in the left and right lower face support members, the extensible tray being projectively provided on a proximal end direction of the transported sheet.
A sheet post-process apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- waiting means for temporarily retaining a transported sheet in a waiting mode, and releasing the retention to drop the sheet;
- processing means for bundling sheets dropped from the waiting means to carry out predetermined processing, and ejecting the sheets;
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- storage means for holding the bundle of sheets processed and ejected by the processing means,
- wherein the waiting means comprises:
- left and right lower face support means for supporting left and right lower faces in a sheet transport direction during retention in a waiting mode and releasing the support of the left and right lower faces during release of the retention;
- extensible means housed in the left and right lower face support means, the extensible means being projectively provided in a proximal end direction of the transported sheet;
- drive means for projecting the extensible means in a transport distal end direction of the sheet;
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- control means for controlling the drive means, and
- the control means controls the drive means to project the extensible tray in the transport proximal end direction of the sheet when it is sensed that a size of the sheet transported to the waiting tray exceeds a size set on the waiting means, based on information concerning a size of the sheet transported to the waiting tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.