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US 5,857,670 AGranted
Paper arranging and positioning mechanism in a sorter with a stapler
AssigneeSindo Ricoh Co., Ltd.
InventorYeon Kwan Jung
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Abstract
An improved paper arranging and position mechanism, including a sorter with a stapler, for arranging paper stacks loaded on a plurality of bins and for moving the arranged paper stacks into an opening portion of a stapler, while retaining other paper stacks on other bins.
Claims6
A paper arranging and positioning mechanism in a sorter with stapler and a plurality of bins having a first notched portion at one side thereof and a second notched portion at the other side thereof, comprising:
- a jogging means movably, in a horizontal direction, and rotatably arranged upright throughout said first notched portion in said bins, and having a first prominent portion which is abutting against the paper sheets on said bin in the stapling position, wherein said first prominent portion is protruded from the axis of said jogging means by a predetermined length, so that said first prominent portion jogs the paper sheets toward the stapler by pivoting motion of said jogging means;
- an arranging means rotatably arranged upright throughout said second notched portion on said bins, and having a second prominent portion which is protruded from the axis of said arranging means by a predetermined length, so that said second prominent portion allows the leading end of the paper sheets pushed by the pivoting motion of said jogging means to enter the opening portion of the stapler by the pivoting motion of said arranging means;
- a first means for driving said jogging means back and forth along said first notched portion;
- and
- a second means for rotating said jogging means and said arranging means.
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A paper arranging and positioning mechanism in a sorter with stapler, comprising:
- a jogging means movably, in a horizontal direction, and rotatably arranged upright throughout a first notched portion in a bins, and having a first prominent portion which is abutting against the paper sheets on the bin in the stapling position, wherein said first prominent portion is protruded from the axis of said jogging means by a predetermined length, so that said first prominent portion jogs the paper sheets toward the stapler by pivoting motion of said jogging means;
- an arranging means rotatably arranged upright throughout a second notched portion on said bins, and having a second prominent portion which is protruded from the axis of said arranging means by a predetermined length, so that said second prominent portion allows the leading end of the paper sheets pushed by the pivoting motion of said jogging means to enter the opening portion of the stapler by the pivoting motion of said arranging means;
- a first means for driving said jogging means back and forth along said first notched portion;
- and
- a second means for rotating said jogging means and said arranging means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.