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US 6,659,455 B2Granted
Sheet set position adjuster means for moving sheet indexer
AssigneeGradco (Japan) Ltd.
InventorsToshio Endo, Kiichiro Noguchi, Kenji Umehara
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Abstract
A sheet or set receiving post processing machine has a plurality of vertically spaced sheet or set receiving trays extending generally horizontally at an incline, a sheet delivering infeed with vertically spaced gates, and a vertically movable sheet sender extending horizontally between each infeed location and a selected tray, wherein the sheet sender has a stapler for stapling sets of sheets thereon and wherein the sender has first and second offsetting devices for offsetting sets of sheets, whether or not stapled, and for feeding the sets to the trays in offset relation.
Claims23
A sheet alignment and stacking apparatus comprising:
- a sheet input positioned to receive along an original discharge path, having an original discharge path centerline, a stack of sheets comprising at least one sheet discharged from an image processing machine;
- a receiving tray positioned in the discharge path to receive a plurality of stacks of at least one sheet;
- a first adjustment mechanism positioned adjacent the original discharge path comprising at least one adjustment board;
- an first adjustment board displacement mechanism adapted to displace the at least one adjustment board of the first adjustment mechanism in a first direction transverse to the original discharge path into one of a plurality of possible positions relative to the original discharge path centerline, each of the plurality of possible positions defining a respective adjusted discharge path having a respective adjusted discharge path centerline displaced in the first direction by a respective distance from the original discharge path centerline;
- a sheet transport mechanism positioned to transport the at least one sheet to the receiving tray along the respective adjusted discharge path;
- a second adjustment mechanism positioned adjacent the discharge path comprising at least one adjustment board;
- a second adjustment board displacement mechanism adapted to displace the at least one adjustment board of the second adjustment mechanism in a second direction traverse the discharge path, opposite the first direction, into one of a plurality of possible positions displaced toward the original discharge path centerline by a respective distance to selectively laterally position the respective stack on the receiving tray.
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A sheet alignment and stacking apparatus comprising:
- a sheet input positioned to receive along an original discharge path, having an original discharge path centerline, a stack of sheets comprising at least one sheet discharged from an image processing machine;
- a receiving tray positioned in the discharge path to receive a plurality of stacks of at least one sheet;
- a first adjustment mechanism positioned adjacent the original discharge path comprising at least one adjustment means;
- an adjustment means operating means for displacing a respective stack in a first direction transverse to the original discharge path into one of a plurality of possible positions relative to the original discharge path centerline, each of the plurality of possible positions defining a respective adjusted discharge path having a respective adjusted discharge path centerline displaced in the first direction by a respective distance from the original discharge path centerline;
- a sheet transport mechanism positioned to transport the at least one sheet to the receiving tray along the respective adjusted discharge path;
- a second adjustment means positioned adjacent the discharge path comprising at least one adjustment means;
- a second adjustment means operating means for displacing the respective stack in a second direction traverse the discharge path, opposite the first direction, into one of a plurality of possible positions displaced toward the original discharge path centerline by a respective distance to selectively laterally position the respective stack on the receiving tray.
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A method of sheet alignment and stacking comprising:
- receiving along an original discharge path, having an original discharge path centerline, a stack of sheets comprising at least one sheet discharged from an image processing machine;
- providing a receiving tray positioned in the discharge path to receive a plurality of stacks of at least one sheet;
- with a first adjustment mechanism positioned adjacent the original discharge path displacing a respective stack in a first direction transverse to the original discharge path into one of a plurality of possible positions relative to the original discharge path centerline, each of the plurality of possible positions defining a respective adjusted discharge path having a respective adjusted discharge path centerline displaced in the first direction by a respective distance from the original discharge path centerline;
- transporting the at least one sheet to the receiving tray along the respective adjusted discharge path;
- with a second adjustment mechanism positioned adjacent the discharge path displacing the respective stack in a second direction traverse the discharge path, opposite the first direction, into one of a plurality of possible positions displaced toward the original discharge path centerline by a respective distance to selectively laterally position the respective stack on the receiving tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.