Apparatus for discharging sheets from a sorter

Details Apparatus for discharging sheets from a sorter Apparatus for discharging sheets from a sorter

1994-03-18

1995-11-14

Ryznic, John E.

Sheet-material associating

Associating or disassociating

Sheet associating

270 53, 4147902, B42C 112, B65H 3130

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054659477

ABSTRACT:
A sheet stack handling apparatus discharges sheet stacks from a bin of a sorter disposed on the side of an image forming apparatus, and includes a sheet stocker, a sheet stack transporting route, and a sheet grasping mechanism. The stack handling or discharge apparatus is disposed on the front side of the sorter. The sheet stocker is disposed in the bottom of the discharging apparatus and stores the sheet stacks. The sheet stack transporting route is provided in the discharging apparatus and extends laterally from the side of the bin and downward to the sheet stacker. The sheet stack grasping mechanism is disposed under the sheet stack transporting route. The sheet stack grasping mechanism grasps a sheet stack in a bin of the sorter, then moves length-wise away from the image forming apparatus, and then moves width-wise to transfer the stack from the bin into the sheet stocker.

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