Sheet-material associating – Associating or disassociating – Sheet associating
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-06
2007-02-06
Mackey, Patrick (Department: 3651)
Sheet-material associating
Associating or disassociating
Sheet associating
C270S058080, C270S058140, C399S410000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11008349
ABSTRACT:
A waiting tray is provided in a sheet-conveying path and holds sheets if the sheets need to be post-processed. A processing tray receives sheets conveyed from the waiting tray. It may receive sheets conveyed through the sheet-conveying path and coming not via the waiting tray, before the sheets are post-processed. A conveying mechanism is provided, which causes the sheets to fall, due to gravity, from the waiting tray onto a processing tray. A sheet-aligning mechanism aligns the sheets on the processing tray, at their transverse edges and longitudinal edges. On the processing tray, the sheets are post-processed, forming a bundle. The conveying mechanism conveys the bundle of sheets to a storage tray. The waiting tray has an angle of inclination.
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Murakami Reiji
Sugizaki Yoshiaki
Taki Hiroyuki
Terao Yasunobu
Yamamoto Hajime
Foley & Lardner LLP
Mackey Patrick
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
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