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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
May. 13, 1997
Hiroshi Kaneda, Ibaraki, JP;
Riso Kogaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sorter for sorting a printed sheet discharged from an image forming machine, comprises: a plurality of bins arranged in a vertical direction; a conveyer provided vertically along the plurality of bins to convey the printed sheet vertically downward; an indexer having a guide surface in its upper portion, being vertically movable along a sheet travel route of the conveyer, for peeling the printed sheet off the conveyer with the guide surface and sending the printed sheet in either one of the plurality of bins; a controller connecting to driving the conveyer and the indexer; and a operating panel connecting to the controller, wherein the operating panel receives a printing sheet information of the sheet to be printed and fed the information to the controller, and the controller determines a start position of a working bin out of the plurality of bins in response to the information from the control panel.