US 5,348,279 A · Method and device for stapling stacks of sheets

Abstract

Method and device for stapling stacks of sheets situated in bins placed one above another in parallel with a stapler movable along the bins, the stapler being rotatable about an axis of rotation so as to move the stapler at each bin from an inoperative position, in which the stapler is turned away from the bins, to an operative position, in which the stapling elements of the stapler surround an edge portion of the stack of sheets to be stapled, the stapler having a pressure surface which, during this rotatory movement, pushes to one side of an adjacent bin a stack of sheets already stapled and positioned in the adjacent bin.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for stapling stacks of sheets in parallel bins, comprising:

a plurality of bins having a surface for storing stacks of sheets, and
a stapler movable in a vertical direction with respect to said bins to a position adjacent to two of said bins, said stapler at said adjacent position being rotatable about an axis perpendicular to said surface of said bins between an inoperative position and an operative position, said stapler being provided with a pressure surface such that when said stapler is in said operative position, a stack of sheets in one of said adjacent bins is displaced by said pressure surface in a direction along said bin surface while a stack of sheets in the other of said adjacent bins is stapled by said stapler.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and device for stapling stacks of sheets

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Method and device for stapling stacks of sheets

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Abstract

Claims5