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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Yukio Asari, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihiko Naruoka, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Yukio Asari, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihiko Naruoka, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switchback mechanism for reversing a mail item conveying direction has a switchback roller which holds the mail item in a nip and rotates in both forward and backward directions. When there is a remaining mail item deviated from the nip of the switchback roller and remaining in the switchback unit, a pressure roller is pressed to an output roller always rotating in the direction of R, the remaining mail item is held and fed out to the nip. At this time, a control unit takes out the remaining mail item at timing not to interfere with other mail items.