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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2001
Kunio Fukatsu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Watanabe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasuo Tsukada, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Sadao Sekine, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hideaki Baba, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus is composed of: an insert portion into which the plural number of sheets are inserted in a lump; a conveying belt to convey the inserted sheets through a conveying path by one sheet at a time; a detector to detect directions of both sides and the top and bottom of sheets being conveyed through the conveying belt; a both side reversing mechanism to selectively reverse both sides of sheets conveyed by the conveying belt; a top and bottom reversing mechanism to selectively reverse the top and bottom of sheets being conveyed by the conveying belt; and stackers to sort and stack sheets that are aligned in the same direction by the both side reversing mechanism and the top and bottom reversing mechanism.