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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1990
Hironori Shido, Kawasaki, JP;
Jun Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakazu Hiroi, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Murakami, Yokohama, JP;
Masataka Naito, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Honjo, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling a sheet sorter wherein the sheet sorter includes a plurality of bins for accommodating sheets, the bins being arranged in a vertical direction, a first sheet discharging device for discharging sheets not to be sorted, second sheet discharging device, disposed with a vertical interval from the first sheet discharging device, for discharging sheets to be sorted, bin moving device for moving substantially vertically the bins and stapler device for stapling the sheets, the method includes providing the stapler device adjacent to the second sheet discharging device; accommodating the sheets on the plurality of bins by sequentially opposing the bins to the second sheet discharging device, and stapling the sheets on the bins by the stapler, when a sorting mode is selected; discharging the sheets by the first discharging device and accommodating them on a non-sort bin opposed to the first discharging device when a non-sorting mode is selected, and moving the non-sort bin to a neightborhood of the second discharging device where the sheets thereon are stapled by the stapler device.