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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
May. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Misao Kobayashi, Yamanasi-ken, JP;
Makoto Shimura, Yamanasi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Nisca Corporation, Yamanashi-Ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271293 ; 271294 ; 271288 ;
Abstract
A sorter has a plurality of sorting tray to receive copied sheets. The sorting trays are moved vertically upon rotation of screw rods. The screw rod has a spiral cam groove with a predetermined cam profile formed on the outer periphery thereof. Cam followers of the sorting tray is engaged with the spiral cam groove. The cam groove is formed such that a distance between adjacent sorting trays in the vertical direction the screw rod is stopped at a first rotational position is different from that when the screw rod is stopped at a second rotational position.