Minolta Company, Ltd.

Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha

Masayoshi Horikawa

Junichi Tanii

Takuma Ishikawa

Akira Yamanaka

Ikushi Nakamura

Masaaki Chikasaki

Nobuya Miki

Hiroyuki Yoshikawa

Kunihiko Katsuta, Deceased

Kazuyuki Tomishige

By Shikou Komaki, Legal Representative

Syuichi Katohgi

A sheet aligning apparatus for a copying machine having a loading unit capable of loading a plurality of stacked sheets. A comparing unit determines and compares respective sizes of at least two sheets partially stacked and loaded on the loading unit. An alignment unit carries out alignment when the width of a sheet of a first job is the same or smaller than a sheet of a second job and inhibits carrying out alignment when the width of a sheet of the first job is greater than a sheet of the second job. The apparatus further includes first and second discharge units for discharging a group of sheets from respective first and second jobs onto the load unit. A determination unit determines successiveness of the first and second jobs and, based on a result of the determination, a post-processing unit executes post-processing for the group of sheets of the first job upon completion of discharging the group of sheets of the second job.

Sheet aligning apparatus and processing apparatus used for copy machine

A staple sorter which distributes sheets ejected from a copying machine into a plurality of bins and staples stacks of sheets in the bins by use of a staple unit. The bins are vertically movable pitch by pitch, and a large-capacity tray is provided above the bins. A sheet conveyer gate which has rollers, is vertically movable between the bins and the tray. When the sheet conveyer gate is in a lowered position, the rollers take a stapled stack of sheets out of a bin. Then, the sheet conveyer gate is raised and takes the stack of sheets into the large-capacity tray.

Finisher with a large-capacity sheet stack section

A camera using a film cartridge having a shaft for winding a film and intercepting light, includes: a cartridge chamber for accommodating the film cartridge; a driving unit; a driving source for generating force for driving the driving unit; a transmitting device; and a limiting device. The driving member engages the shaft of the film cartridge accommodated in the cartridge chamber, and rotates the shaft in the film unwinding direction to remove the film from the film cartridge. The transmitting device is provided between the driving source and the driving unit, and transmits the force generated by the driving source to the driving unit. The limiting device is provided in the transmitting device, and limits the force to be transmitted to the driving unit so as to feed the film in the film unwinding direction.

Camera using film cartridge

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Masayoshi Horikawa