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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1989
Mitsuo Shibusawa, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Yamakami, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Arai, Ichikawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A copying paper processing apparatus comprises a sorter, a stapling device for stapling sheets of copying paper sorted by the sorter, and a device for automatically selecting and setting a sort mode when a staple mode is selected and set. The processing apparatus may comprise a switch for selecting the stapling operation, and a device for automatically selecting and setting a staple mode when the staple selecting switch is turned on and a sort mode is selectively set. The processing apparatus may comprise a device for transmitting a signal indicating that there is no staple needle when the number of staple needles left in the stapling device is a predetermined number greater than the total number of bins of the sorter. The processing apparatus may comprise a device for inhibiting the operation of the stapling device when one of sensors respectively disposed in a paper-receiving base of the stapling device and a sorter bin of the sorter detects that there is no paper.