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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1988
Yukiyoshi Yamakoshi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Makiyama, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A transport apparatus for successively transporting a plurality of sheet media having different lengths from a first processing station to a second processing station. The apparatus comprises, as main components thereof, a tray disposed between the first and second processing stations for accommodating the media as stacked one upon another, a first transport device for receiving the media from the first processing station and transporting the media to the tray, a second transport device for acting on leading ends of the media stored on the tray and successively picking up the media to transport the media to the second processing station, and a roller disposed above the tray for contacting a top surface of the media stored on the tray. The roller is rotatable to align the leading ends of the media.