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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1980
Sunao Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Tamaki Kaneko, Fujisawa, JP;
Kunio Hibi, Yokohama, JP;
Tugio Okuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yohtaro Kakitani, Yokohama, JP;
Hideo Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A bin for receiving sheets arranged in an apparatus for collating or sorting of sheets fed successively, which includes a rear end portion, a front end portion and an intermediate inclination portion connected therebetween. The front end portion includes a stopper or stoppers extending substantially vertical for stopping a front end of the sheet fed into the bin and a straight guide portion, on which the stopper or stoppers attached. The rear end portion includes an upright plate extending substantially vertical used for stopping and aligning a rear end of the sheet and a plate inclined so as to go down forwards in sheet feeding direction. The intermediate inclination portion is connected at front and rear end with the straight guide plate and the inclined plate of the rear end portion direct or through curve portion. In this bin the sheet can be aligned by using falling motion of the sheet with the own weight.