Paper sorting device for an image forming apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKyung-Hwan Kim
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Abstract
A paper sorting device for an image forming apparatus is capable of sorting printed paper in a zigzag pattern. The paper sorting device for the image forming apparatus has a rotating shaft which is rotated by a driving force from a driving force source, a hollow shaft into which the rotating shaft is slidably inserted so that the hollow shaft rotates with, and is reciprocated on, the rotating shaft, and reciprocating means for reciprocating the hollow shaft. Since printed paper is ejected by the reciprocating movement, the paper is automatically sorted in a zigzag pattern.
Claims16
A paper sorting device for an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a rotating shaft rotated by a driving force from a driving force source;
- a hollow shaft into which the rotating shaft is slidably inserted;
- contact means operatively associated with said hollow shaft for contacting paper in said paper sorting device;
- rotating means operatively associated with said rotating shaft and said hollow shaft for rotating said hollow shaft with, and in response to, rotation of said rotating shaft;
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- reciprocating means for reciprocating the hollow shaft on the rotating shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.