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US 6,171,225 B2Granted
Finisher
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasahiro Nonoyama, Norihiko Suzuki
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Abstract
A finisher including a tray to enable the stacking of sheets; a leading end stopper, which projects from an upper surface of the tray, to contact and align an end face of a sheaf of sheets stacked in the tray; and a sheaf-conveying device, having a pair of rollers, to selectively nip (or engage) and convey a sheaf of sheets from the tray. Following an engagement by the sheaf-conveying device, the rollers are severally rotated to evenly convey an engaged sheaf of sheets while better protecting the alignment and appearance of such sheaf.
Claims16
A finisher comprising:
- a receiving tray unit to receive at least one sheet, wherein a received sheaf of sheets is stacked thereon,
- a regulating device, projecting from said receiving tray, to contact one end face of a sheaf of sheets stacked on said receiving tray unit,
- a sheaf-conveying unit having a pair of conveying devices, where at least one conveying device is movable relative to the other conveying device, to selectively engage, disengage, and convey at least one sheet interposed between said pair of conveying devices, and
- a sheet alignment mechanism to control said sheaf-conveying unit to effect a plurality of cycles of engaging and disengaging a plurality of sheets received and interposed between said pair of conveying devices, to align all received sheets in at least one direction prior to conveying said sheets as a sheaf from said receiving tray unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.