Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.

Kunihiko Ishikawa

Hiromi Sakata

Toshikazu Matsui

Masanori Itakiyo

Kenzo Ono

A sorter incorporating a stapler sorts and staples sheets discharged from a discharger of an image forming apparatus. The sorter includes a plurality of bins, a stapler, a stacker, and a supplying/discharging mechanism. The plurality of bins are vertically arranged and vertically movable. The stapler staples a stack of sheets stored in each of the bins. The stacker stores the bundles of sheets stapled by the stapler. The supplying/discharging mechanism supplies into the bins of the sorter the sheets discharged from the discharger, and discharges the bundles of sheets stapled by the stapler into the stacker.

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Osaka, Japan

Kunihiko Ishikawa