Sorter and reciprocating stapler apparatus
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorDenis J. Stemmle
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Abstract
A sheet sorter of the nesting-bin type includes translatable bins that are driven so that there is an additional space between the bin immediately on top of a sheet-entry location and any superposed bins. This provides access to a corner of a set of sheets registered in that bin for a stapler which is reciprocable between a remote position permitting free indexing of the bins and an inner position in which it can be operated to staple the respective set of sheets together.
Claims10
A nested-bin sheet sorter providing for trail-edge registration and for side-edge registration which is adjustable over a range of sheet sizes, and including means for increasing the normally-narrow spacing between adjacent bins sequentially during translation of the bins to provide an increased-space position, and for holding each bin stationary in said increased-space position for a chosen period, said sorter including a stapler which is reciprocable between a rest position in which it is clear of the bins, and an operating position in which it is able, when actuated, to staple together all the sheets in the said spaced bins, respectively, in said increased-space position.
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