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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:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2002
Koji Kirino, Kyoto, JP;
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to a sheet post-processing device and an image-forming device. The mechanism that arranges sheets to be a bundle and that discharges the bundle will be reduced in size and cost. A sheet S guided by the guide is conveyed to a tray by a discharging roller . When the rear end &agr; of the sheet S locates on a arranging table , the discharging roller rotates in the opposite direction, and the sheet is conveyed until the sheet contacts the stopper of the arranging table . The next sheet S is conveyed to the tray in the same manner as previous described, however the previous sheet S is held on the arranging table by the holding device . The sheet S contacts the stopper by the reverse rotation of the discharging roller to be arranged on the sheet S . A bundle of sheets bound by a stapler is discharged to the tray completely by the discharging roller
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