US4930761A
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Control method for sorter with stapler
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1988-07-29
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Granted: 1990-06-05
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Expires: 2008-07-29
Abstract
Abstract A method of controlling a sheet sorter wherein the sheet sorter includes a plurality of bins 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 for stapling the sheets, the method includes providing the stapler adjacent to the first sheet discharging device; accommodating the sheets on the plurality of bins of sequentially opposing the bins to the second sheet discharging device, and stapling the sheets on the bins by the stapler, when a sorting mode and a stapling mode are selected; discharging the sheets by the first discharging device and accommodating them on a the bin when a non-sorting mode and non-stapling mode are selected; and discharging the sheet by the second discharging device and accommodating them on the bin, and stapling them, when the non-sorting mode and the stapling mode is selected.
Inventors
- 👤 Masataka Naito
- 👤 Takeshi Honjo
- 👤 Kenji Kobayashi
- 👤 Jun Saito
- 👤 Hironori Shido
- 👤 Masakazu Hiroi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 20:49
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/65; G03G15/6538; G03G15/6541; B; B42; B42C; B42C1/00; B42C1/12; B42C1/125; B65; B65H; B65H39/00; B65H39/10; B65H39/11; 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: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 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 and a stapling mode are selected; discharging the sheets by said first discharging means and accommodating them on a said bin when a non-sorting mode and non-stapling mode are selected; and discharging the sheet by said second discharging means and accommodating them on a said bin, and stapling them, when the non-sorting mode and the stapling mode is selected.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
182 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 and a stapling mode are selected; discharging the sheets by said first discharging means and accommodating them on a said bin when a non-sorting mode and non-stapling mode are selected; and discharging the sheet by said second discharging means and accommodating them on a said bin, and stapling them, when the non-sorting mode and the stapling mode is selected.
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.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the bin opposed to the second sheet discharging means when the non-sorting mode and the stapling mode are selected is a bin for receiving the non-sorted sheets.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the bin opposed to the second sheet discharging means when the non-starting mode and the stapling mode are selected is one of the bins for receiving the sorted sheets.
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