Apparatus for transferring paper sheets
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorNobuo Inoue
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Abstract
An apparatus for transferring paper sheets includes a supply device which supplies sheets, a supply unit which is provided as part of the supply device and forms a supply outlet through which the sheets are ejected, a receiving device which is connected to the supply device in such a manner as to be vertically movable relative to the supply device, and a receiving unit which is provided as part of the receiving device and forms a receiving inlet by which the sheets are received, wherein one of the supply unit and the receiving unit is configured to be vertically movable, and changes a vertical position thereof in response to relative positional relationship between the supply device and the receiving device.
Claims17
An apparatus for transferring paper sheets, comprising:
- a supply device which supplies the paper sheets;
- a supply unit which is provided as part of the supply device and forms a supply outlet through which the paper sheets are ejected;
- a receiving device which is connected to the supply device in such a manner as to be vertically movable relative to the supply device;
- and
- a receiving unit which is provided as part of the receiving device and forms a receiving inlet by which the paper sheets are received,
- wherein one of the supply unit and the receiving unit is configured to be vertically movable, and changes a vertical position thereof in response to relative positional relationship between the supply device and the receiving device.
An apparatus for receiving paper sheets, to be connected to a supply device that supplies the paper sheets, comprising:
- a connecting unit for connecting the supply device to the apparatus in such a manner that the supply device is vertically movable relative to the apparatus;
- and
- a receiving device including a receiving unit which forms a receiving inlet for receiving the paper sheets supplied from the supply device, and is configured to be vertically movable in response to relative positional relationship between the supply device and the receiving device.
An apparatus for forming images, to be connected to a supply device that supplies paper sheets, comprising:
- a image forming unit which forms images on the paper sheets;
- a connecting unit for connecting the supply device to the apparatus in such a manner that the supply device is vertically movable relative to the apparatus;
- and
- a receiving device including a receiving unit which forms a receiving inlet for receiving the paper sheets supplied from the supply device, and is configured to be vertically movable in response to relative positional relationship between the supply device and the receiving device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.