Sheet-shaped medium treatment apparatus

Details Sheet-shaped medium treatment apparatus Sheet-shaped medium treatment apparatus

2006-03-21

2006-03-21

Mackey, Patrick (Department: 3651)

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C270S058080, C270S058120, C399S410000, C271S220000

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07014183

ABSTRACT:
A sheet-shaped medium treatment apparatus is disclosed. The sheet-shaped medium treatment apparatus has returning means121. The sheet-shaped medium treatment apparatus is movable between a home position (I) and a press/return position (II).In addition, before leading end of discharged sheet-shaped medium S1gets contact with top surface of sheet-shaped medium S2already piled on said piling means, the returning means121is situated at said press/return position (II) and acts upon said already piled sheet-shaped medium S2to retain it in proper position, and after said discharged sheet-shaped medium S1falls on said piling means12,said fallen sheet-shaped medium is aligned by being collided against said vertical wall131by said returning action of said returning means121,thereafter, sheet-shaped medium is arranged by said arranging action of said arranging means in the direction of piercing the paper plane.Also, sheet-shaped medium treatment apparatus includes after-treatment apparatus, and the after-treatment apparatus has stapling means for aligning and stapling a plurality of sheet-shaped media, if sheet-shaped medium is sheet-shaped medium bundle stapled by the stapling means, returning means is controlled so that it is remote from top of the sheet-shaped medium bundle.

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