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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2006
Mitsuo Nishida, Aioi, JP;
Toshihiko Kobayashi, Hyogo, JP;
Tsuguo Mizoro, Hyogo, JP;
Toyoshige Kuroiwa, Himeji, JP;
Kosaku Fukuda, Ako, JP;
Mitsuo Nishida, Aioi, JP;
Toshihiko Kobayashi, Hyogo, JP;
Tsuguo Mizoro, Hyogo, JP;
Toyoshige Kuroiwa, Himeji, JP;
Kosaku Fukuda, Ako, JP;
Glory Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An accumulating device is capable of securely accumulating sheets or the like having dimensional differences on the basis of the rear ends in the taking-in direction thereof. In this device, a stopper advances from above to an advanced position between the tip end regulating wall and the rear end regulating wall and stops the tip ends in the taking-in direction of the sheets to be taken in, whose length in the taking-in direction is shorter than a maximum length. The stopper is supported movably in the vertical direction with respect to the advancing and retreating mechanism which causes the stopper to advance and retreat between the advanced position and the retreated position, and presses the sheets in the downward direction. The stopper stops the tip ends in the taking-in direction of the sheets having dimensional differences and allows the device to accumulate those sheets.