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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2003
Junichi Yamamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Junichi Yamamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
Printed papers discharged through a discharge port of an ink-jet printer can be sorted in accordance with their sizes either on an A4-size paper tray or on a L-size paper tray. Sorting openings with a determined width w are formed in the A4-size paper tray, on which printed papers are firstly held, each along a conveyance path for the papers. The width of the sorting opening is smaller than that of the A4-size paper and larger than that of the L-size paper. Therefore, A4-size papers stay on the A4-size paper tray. On the other hand, L-size papers pass through the sorting opening of the A4-size paper and then conveyed to the L-size paper tray by a conveyor.