Paper-guiding device in a finisher unit for copy sheets

Abstract

Abstract In a finisher unit 1, two rectilinear guide channels 9, 16 are arranged which cross each other at an acute angle (α). In the area of the point of intersection 19 of the guide channels 9, 16, a plurality of deflectors 24 are arranged which, under the action of gravity, cover the steeply inclined guide channel 16 such that they extend into the transport path of the sheets guided therein. The pivotally mounted deflectors 24 are pivoted counter-clockwise by an arriving sheet and thus are transferred to a position in which they close the transverse guide channel 9,9b such that they form a guiding surface connecting guide channel 16 across the point of intersection 19. The deflectors 24 which are mounted outside the guide channels 9,16 extend through recesses 9d, 16a, 16c, 16d into the channels and are limited in their end positions by end faces 9a and 16brespectively of the guide channels 9 and 16 respectively. In order that the sheets can also be smoothly guided across the point of intersection 19 in the second, transverse guide channel 9, such channel is provided with a funnel-shaped constriction 9c upstream of the point of intersection 19 and with a funnel-shaped flared portion 9b downstream of the point of intersection 19.

Inventors

• 👤 Frank Hacknauer

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