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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1992
Toshikazu Matsui, Kishiwada, JP;
Takatoshi Nishimura, Hirakata, JP;
Kenichi Honda, Kawasaki, JP;
Shoichiro Tajima, Sagamihara, JP;
Keiichi Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagai, Toyonaka, JP;
Nobukazu Ootsuka, Kashiba, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sorter includes a sheet processing device, a plurality of bin trays arranged in a vertical direction, each bin tray having a specified width and length and adapted for bearing a sheet, shifting means for shifting the plurality of bin trays in the vertical direction, and moving means for moving the bin tray in a predetermined position in a lengthwise direction of the bin tray so that the sheet on the bin tray is processed by the sheet processing device. The bin tray can be moved to a position where sheet processing is to be applied by the sheet processing device.