Sheet processing apparatus
AssigneeGradco (Japan) Ltd.
InventorsKazushige MASUNARI, Yumiko Kato
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Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet conveying path; a sheet entrance unit provided in the sheet conveying path; a sheet discharge unit provided in a location separated from the sheet entrance unit by a predetermined distance; a driving unit that drives the sheet entrance unit and the sheet discharge unit; a sheet guide unit that guides sheets and is provided between the sheet entrance unit and the sheet discharge unit to allow the sheets passing through the sheet entrance unit to be sequentially stacked; and a sheet buffer device that is configured such that the stacked sheets pass through the sheet discharge unit while the stacked sheets are loaded on a step with each leading end of the stacked sheets being separated with a predetermined interval.
Claims3
A sheet processing apparatus comprising:
- a sheet conveying path;
- a sheet entrance unit provided in the sheet conveying path;
- a sheet discharge unit provided in a location separated from the sheet entrance unit by a predetermined distance;
- a driving unit configured to drive the sheet entrance unit and the sheet discharge unit;
- a sheet guide unit configured to guide sheets, the sheet guide unit being provided between the sheet entrance unit and the sheet discharge unit to allow the sheets passing through the sheet entrance unit so as for the sheets to be sequentially stacked;
- and
- a sheet buffer device configured such that the stacked sheets pass through the sheet discharge unit while the stacked sheets are loaded on a step with each leading end of the stacked sheets being separated by a predetermined interval,
- wherein a paddle configured to smoothly convey the sheet is provided over the sheet guide unit,
- wherein the sheet entrance unit has a sheet entrance roller,
- wherein the sheet discharge unit has a sheet discharge roller,
- wherein the driving unit has a power transmission unit and a driving motor,
- wherein the paddle, the sheet entrance roller, and the sheet discharge roller are rotated together by the power transmission unit by driving the driving motor;
- and
- wherein a controller accelerates rotation of the sheet discharge roller relative to rotation of the sheet entrance roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.