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EP0301595A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Control method for sorter with stapler

Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1988-07-29
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2008-07-29
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Abstract

Abstract A method of controlling a sheet sorter (1) wherein the sheet sorter includes a plurality of bins (B) for accommodating sheets, the bins being arranged in a vertical direction, a first sheet discharging device for discharging sheets not to be sorted, second sheet discharging device, disposed with a vertical interval from the first sheet discharging device, for discharging sheets to be sorted, bin moving device for moving substantially vertically the bins and stapler device (45) for stapling the sheets, the method includes providing the stapler device (45) adjacent to the second sheet discharging device; accommodating the sheets on the plurality of bins (B) by sequentially opposing the bins to the second sheet discharging device, and stapling the sheets on the bins by the stapler (45), when a sorting mode is selected; discharging the sheets by the first discharging device and accommodating them on a non-sort bin opposed to the first discharging device (11) when a non-­sorting mode is selected, and moving the non-sort bin to a neighborhood of the second discharging device (12) where the sheets thereon are stapled by the stapler device (45)

Inventors

  • 👤 Hironori Shido
  • 👤 Jun Saito
  • 👤 Masakazu Hiroi
  • 👤 Kenji Kobayashi
  • 👤 Koichi Murakami
  • 👤 Masataka Naito
  • 👤 Takeshi Honjo

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 07:37
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/65; G03G15/6538; G03G15/6541; B; B42; B42B; B42B4/00; B42C; B42C1/00; B42C1/12; B42C1/125; B65; B65H; B65H31/00; B65H31/34; B65H31/36; B65H39/00; B65H39/10; B65H39/11; B65H43/00; B65H2403/00; B65H2403/50; B65H2403/51; B65H2403/511; B65H2408/00; B65H2408/10; B65H2408/11; B65H2408/113; B65H2408/114; B65H2408/1141; G03G2215/00; G03G2215/00362; G03G2215/00789; G03G2215/00822; G03G2215/00827

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 175 words
A method of controlling a sheet sorter wherein said sheet sorter includes a plurality of bins for accommodating sheets, the bins being arranged in a vertical direction, a first sheet discharging means for discharging sheets not to be sorted, second sheet discharging means, disposed with a vertical interval from the first sheet discharging means, for discharging sheets to be sorted, bin moving means for moving substantially vertically the bins and stapler means for stapling the sheets, said method comprising: providing said stapler means adjacent to the second sheet discharging means; accommodating the sheets on the plurality of bins by sequentially opposing the bins to said second sheet discharging means, and stapling the sheets on the bins by the stapler, when a sorting mode is selected; discharging the sheets by said first discharging means and accommodating them on a non-sort bin opposed to said first discharging means when a non-­sorting mode is selected, and moving the non-sort bin to a neighborhood of the second discharging means where the sheets thereon are stapled by the stapler means.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 175 words
A method of controlling a sheet sorter wherein said sheet sorter includes a plurality of bins for accommodating sheets, the bins being arranged in a vertical direction, a first sheet discharging means for discharging sheets not to be sorted, second sheet discharging means, disposed with a vertical interval from the first sheet discharging means, for discharging sheets to be sorted, bin moving means for moving substantially vertically the bins and stapler means for stapling the sheets, said method comprising: providing said stapler means adjacent to the second sheet discharging means; accommodating the sheets on the plurality of bins by sequentially opposing the bins to said second sheet discharging means, and stapling the sheets on the bins by the stapler, when a sorting mode is selected; discharging the sheets by said first discharging means and accommodating them on a non-sort bin opposed to said first discharging means when a non-­sorting mode is selected, and moving the non-sort bin to a neighborhood of the second discharging means where the sheets thereon are stapled by the stapler means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
A method according to Claim 1, wherein when the sorting mode is selected, the bins having received the sheets are sequentially moved to sequentially oppose to the stapler.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
A method according to Claim 2, further comprising providing aligning means actable on all of the bins, and it aligns the sheet each time it is discharged on a bin.

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