Hitachi, Ltd.

Ehg Electroholding Gmbh

Dietman Oexle

Armin Zimmermann

Itsunori Utsumi

Toshihiko Tajiri

Hanno Gillmann

An apparatus for sorting sheets includes a sorting section having boxes, a separating section, and a printing section, the latter two of which are respectively located on both sides of the sorting section. The separating section includes a separating mechanism for downwardly feeding out sheets in a constant gap system, a recognizing mechanism for scanning character information described on each sheet, a bar code scanning unit for scanning bar code information, and a conveying path of the separating section for conveying the sheets fed out of the separating mechanism. The printing section includes a printing mechanism for printing the recognized result as bar code information on the sheets, a verifying mechanism for verifying the printed result, and a conveying path of the printing section for feeding out the sheet on which the bar code is printed, to the sorting section. In an upper space of the sorting section is located a delaying conveying path for connecting the conveying path of the separating section with the conveying path of the printing section and securing the recognizing time.

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Singen, Germany

Dietman Oexle