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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:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideaki Kosasa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
270 5812 ; 270 5827 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a sheet aligning apparatus which comprises a containing tray for containing sheets, a sheet storing device disposed above a sheet bundle contained in the containing tray and revolved between a first position to store the sheets in the sheet storing device and a second position to shift the stored sheets to the containing tray by the sheet storing device, and a posture maintaining device for rotating the sheet storing device when the sheet storing device is revolved, so that a posture of the sheet storing device in the first position becomes substantially the same as that in the second position.