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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2002
Nobuo Inoue, Chiba, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for transferring paper sheets includes a supply device which supplies sheets, a supply unit which is provided as part of the supply device and forms a supply outlet through which the sheets are ejected, a receiving device which is connected to the supply device in such a manner as to be vertically movable relative to the supply device, and a receiving unit which is provided as part of the receiving device and forms a receiving inlet by which the sheets are received, wherein one of the supply unit and the receiving unit is configured to be vertically movable, and changes a vertical position thereof in response to relative positional relationship between the supply device and the receiving device.