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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideo Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Sunao Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Yohtaro Kakitani, Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Hibi, Tokyo, JP;
Tugio Okuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 / ; 355 / ; 271287 ; 271259 ; 271296 ;
Abstract
A deflector (C) is movable relative to bin (E) to selectively deflect sheets into the bins (E) for collation. An enable signal for a next collation operation is generated when a sensor (94) senses that the required number of sheets for collation have been discharged into the bins (E). The sensor (94) in combination with a sensor (45) which senses sheets entering the collator (2) detect a sheet jam and enable computation of the number of jammed sheets by subtracting the number of sheets discharged into the bins (E) from the number of sheets entering the collator (2).