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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
May. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 58 ; 271259 ; 27126501 ; 271294 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a sheet post-treatment apparatus comprising a sheet convey portion having a sheet path and a sheet discharge opening, and a sheet receiving tray portion having a plurality of sheet receiving tray means. Wherein a sheet is transferred between the sheet convey portion and the sheet receiving tray portion, and the sheet convey portion and the sheet receiving tray portion can be shifted relative to each other in an arrangement direction of the sheet receiving tray means whenever the sheet is transferred. Further, there is provided detection means for detecting the fact that the sheet exists between the sheet convey portion and the sheet receiving tray portion.