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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1991
Toshikazu Matsui, Kishiwada, JP;
Hiromi Sakata, Suita, JP;
Masanori Itakiyo, Sakai, JP;
Kunihiko Ishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Kenzo Ono, Habikino, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A sorter incorporating a stapler sorts and staples sheets discharged from a discharger of an image forming apparatus. The sorter includes a plurality of bins, a stapler, a stacker, and a supplying/discharging mechanism. The plurality of bins are vertically arranged and vertically movable. The stapler staples a stack of sheets stored in each of the bins. The stacker stores the bundles of sheets stapled by the stapler. The supplying/discharging mechanism supplies into the bins of the sorter the sheets discharged from the discharger, and discharges the bundles of sheets stapled by the stapler into the stacker.