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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1993
Filed:
May. 29, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuhiro Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuzo Tsubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355324 ; 227155 ; 270 53 ;
Abstract
A device for stapling sheets at a stapling zone includes a conveyor for conveying the sheets to be collated to the stapling zone, a detector for detecting the overall thickness of sheets conveyed by the conveyor to the stapling zone, a first stapler for stapling the sheets collated at the stapling zone, and a second stapler for stapling the sheets collated at the stapling zone. In the device, one of the first and second staplers is selected to be actuated in accordance with the overall thickness of the stack of sheets detected by the detector.