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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1985
Filed:
May. 23, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Seietsu Nara, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; B07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364478 ; 209564 ; 209584 ; 209900 ; 414 53 ;
Abstract
A sorter with an automatic discharging unit has: a preliminary stacking section having a discharging mechanism for stacking therein paper sheets intended to be stacked in a given stacking section while paper sheets are being discharged from the given stacking section; a timer for counting a time interval corresponding to the ON operation of the preliminary stacking section with respect to the given stacking section and for producing a timeout signal when the predetermined time interval has elapsed; and a central processing unit for receiving the timeout signal from the timer so as to drive the discharging mechanism of the preliminary stacking section.