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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuyuki Morii, Okazaki, JP;
Masashi Shimada, Okazaki, JP;
Katsumi Yoshii, Nagoya, JP;
Yuichi Fujii, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihide Sugiyama, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 5811 ; 270 5828 ;
Abstract
A clamping device for clamping sheets stacked on a bin of a sorter is composed of a moving unit, on which clamp levers are mounted, and an unshakable unit, on which an opening and closing mechanism for the clamp levers and a moving mechanism for moving the moving unit in the state of keeping the clamping of the sheets, are mounted. Thereby, a solenoid for opening or closing the clamp levers mounted on the moving unit and a wire harness connecting electrical device mounted on the moving device with a connector mounted on the unshakable unit are omitted.