Sheet-material associating – Associating or disassociating – Signature associating
Patent
1992-07-06
1994-02-01
Look, Edward K.
Sheet-material associating
Associating or disassociating
Signature associating
270 58, 271270, 271293, 355322, B42C 112, B65H 3902
Patent
active
052826112
ABSTRACT:
A sheet sorting apparatus operable in a sorting mode in which sheets are sorted and in a non-sorting mode in which the sheets are not sorted includes a plurality of bins for receiving and sorting the sheets; a stapler for stapling the sheets accommodated in the bins; wherein one of the plural bins functions to receive the sheets in the non-sorting mode; an expander for changing a sheet accommodating space of the bin for receiving the sheets in the non-sorting mode; and a controller for operating the expander to expand the accommodating space when a number of sheets received by the bin is larger than a staplable number of the sheets of the stapler.
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Kato Katsuhito
Ueda Noriyoshi
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Look Edward K.
Ryznic John
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