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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1996
Yeon K Jung, Seoul, KR;
Sindo Ricoh Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a stapler operating device with a sheet discharging mechanism in a copy machine. The device includes a sheet discharging mechanism for feeding sheets which has a plurality of trays for accommodating the sheets, each of which has a guide slot for admitting a stapler into it in the horizontal plane, a stapler operating mechanism which has a sector gear arranged in the horizontal plane, on which the stapler is mounted, and a resilient means for forcing the sector gear to draw back to the original position, and a drive part for operating the sheet discharging mechanism and the stapler operating mechanism, which has a stepping motor for producing torque selectively in both positive and negative directions, and an one way clutch for disclutching the torque to the stapler operating mechanism when the motor produces the positive direction torque.