Riso Kagaku Corporation

Nisca Kabushiki Kaisha

Tsunemitsu Kazama

Hiroshi Kaneda

Shigeki Fukai

There is disclosed a sheet distribution device in which by making various the modulus of elasticity of a stopper member and a sheet matching member, a stopper function at the time of discharging a sheet and a matching function at the time of matching the sheet are sufficiently fulfilled, respectively. The sheet discharge device is provided with a sheet position regulating member which abuts on a discharge tip end of a sheet 2 with an image formed thereon discharged from an image forming device 1 onto a distribution bin 4 to regulate a position of the sheet 2. The position regulating member is constituted of a stopper member 45 and a sheet matching member 40 which differ in modulus of elasticity from each other. At the time of discharging the sheet and at the time of matching the sheet, the stopper member 45 is moved relative to the sheet matching member 40 to advance or retreat in a sheet conveying direction.

Sheet discharge device

A sheet sorter with a stapler includes bins arranged in a vertical direction each of which receives a plurality of sheets discharged from an image recording apparatus to form a stack of sheets. An indexer receives the sheets from the image recording apparatus and is movable up and down along the array of sheet inlet ends of the bins to distribute the sheets to the respective bins through the sheet inlet ends. A stapler is movable along the path of travel of the indexer independently therefrom to staple the stack of sheets on each bin. The stapler is arranged to wait in a waiting position retracted from the path of travel of the indexer in a direction of width of the sheets while the indexer is travelling along the path.

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Yamanashi-ken, Japan

Tsunemitsu Kazama