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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1986
Filed:
May. 25, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Mochizuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271296 ; 271188 ;
Abstract
A sorter for sorting copy sheets made from an original by a copying machine includes a plurality of trays which are vertically aligned in multiple stages at predetermined intervals, an indexer for delivering the copy sheets to the trays, a conveyor for conveying the copy sheets to the indexer, and a flexible guide member which is provided at the inlet portion of each of the trays for guiding each copy sheet from the indexer into one of the trays along the bottom surface of an adjacent upper tray.