Sheet-bundle conveying apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuji Yamanaka
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Abstract
A sheet-bundle conveying apparatus includes a shift tray on which a sheet-bundle is rested and which is shifted laterally, a container for containing the sheet-bundle shifted by the shift tray, and a shift means for changing a relative position between the shift tray and the sheet-bundle rested on the shift tray so that the sheet-bundle is shifted toward the container. The shift tray is shifted toward the containing means while shifting the sheet-bundle in this way, thereby causing the sheet-bundle to reach the containing means.
Claims20
A sheet-bundle conveying apparatus comprising:
- a shift tray on which a sheet-bundle is rested and which is laterally shiftable;
- a containing means for containing the sheet-bundle shifted by said shift tray;
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- a shift means for changing a relative position between said shift tray and the sheet-bundle rested on said shift tray so that the sheet-bundle is shifted toward said containing means;
- wherein said shift tray is shifted toward said containing means such that the sheet-bundle is shifted to thereby cause the sheet-bundle to reach said containing means.
A bookbinding apparatus comprising:
- a binding means for binding a sheet bundle;
- a shift tray on which the sheet-bundle is rested and which is laterally shiftable;
- a containing means for containing the sheet-bundle shifted by said shift tray;
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- a shift means for changing a relative position between said shift tray and the sheet-bundle is shifted toward said containing means;
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- wherein said shift tray is shifted toward said containing means such that the sheet-bundle is shifted to thereby cause the sheet-bundle to reach said containing means.
A sheet-bundle conveying method wherein a shift tray on which a sheet-bundle rests is shifted laterally from a resting position to a containing position to cause the sheet-bundle to reach a stacker, and is lowered to a stack position, and then is shifted laterally in an opposite direction, to thereby rest the sheet-bundle in the stacker, said method compromising the steps of:
- temporarily returning the shift tray laterally in the opposite direction;
- restraining the sheet-bundle while said shift tray is being shifted laterally;
- relatively shifting the sheet-bundle on said shift tray toward the containing position;
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- shifting said shift ray laterally until the sheet-bundle is caused to reach said stacker.
A bookbinding method wherein a sheet-bundle is stapled, and a shift tray on which the stapled sheet-bundle rests is shifted laterally from a resting position to a containing position to cause the sheet-bundle to reach a stacker, and is lowered to a stack position and then is shifted laterally in an opposite direction to thereby rest the sheet-bundle in the stacker, said method comprising the steps of:
- temporarily returning the shift tray laterally in the opposite direction;
- restraining the sheet-bundle while said shift tray is being shifted laterally;
- relatively shifting the sheet-bundle on said shift tray toward the containing position;
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- shifting said shift tray laterally until the sheet-bundle is caused to reach said stacker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.