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Patent No.:

US 11434098 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2018

Sheet sorting device and image forming apparatus

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuta Hojo, Suntou-gun, JP;

Genki Takahashi, Mishima, JP;

Kazuhisa Sato, Suntou-gun, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division

Primary Examiner:

Patrick Cicchino

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/24 (2006.01); B65H 43/02 (2006.01); B65H 31/22 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 33/08 (2006.01); B65H 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/24 (2013.01); B65H 31/02 (2013.01); B65H 31/22 (2013.01); B65H 33/08 (2013.01); B65H 43/02 (2013.01); G03G 15/6538 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4212 (2013.01); B65H 2405/10 (2013.01); B65H 2405/11151 (2013.01); B65H 2405/332 (2013.01); B65H 2408/11 (2013.01); B65H 2408/111 (2013.01); B65H 2511/30 (2013.01); B65H 2511/51 (2013.01); B65H 2511/515 (2013.01); B65H 2513/42 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet sorting device includes three or more trays including a predetermined tray detachable from an apparatus main body and a tray different from the predetermined tray, a discharge unit to discharge a sheet to any one of the three or more trays, a control unit, and a tray detection unit to detect that the predetermined tray is detached from the apparatus main body. The control unit sets a sheet discharge destination such that a sheet conforming to a preset condition is discharged to the predetermined tray through the discharge unit. Where the tray detection unit detects that the predetermined tray is detached from the apparatus main body, the control unit sets a sheet discharge destination that has been set to the predetermined tray to the tray different from the predetermined tray based on a state of each of the trays other than the detached predetermined tray.

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