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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1993
Shigeru Sawada, Nagano, JP;
Shinichi Kasai, Nagano, JP;
Jun Tsujimoto, Nagano, JP;
Masako Yokoyama, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer with a sorter unit allows printed recording sheets to be sorted to a single tray selected from a plurality of trays by a recording sheet guide mechanism that pivots around a shaft. Thus, the printer can sort the printed sheets by page, by user, or discharge the printed sheets paginated or with the printed side facing upward. The sorter trays includes a first detection lever that is rotated by the weight of recording sheets and a second detection lever that rotates in association with the first detection lever. A lever detector is provided on the sorter guide to detect the movement of the second detection lever. The sorter or guide is also provided with a sheet detection lever to detect a jam in the sorter guide.