EP0301538B1 - Blattsortiervorrichtung - Google Patents

Blattsortiervorrichtung Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP0301538B1
EP0301538B1 EP88112230A EP88112230A EP0301538B1 EP 0301538 B1 EP0301538 B1 EP 0301538B1 EP 88112230 A EP88112230 A EP 88112230A EP 88112230 A EP88112230 A EP 88112230A EP 0301538 B1 EP0301538 B1 EP 0301538B1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
trunnion
rotating
bin tray
bin
rotating cam
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
EP88112230A
Other languages
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP0301538A1 (de
Inventor
Yoichiro Irie
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Kyocera Mita Industrial Co Ltd
Original Assignee
Mita Industrial Co Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Mita Industrial Co Ltd filed Critical Mita Industrial Co Ltd
Publication of EP0301538A1 publication Critical patent/EP0301538A1/de
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP0301538B1 publication Critical patent/EP0301538B1/de
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/10—Associating articles from a single source, to form, e.g. a writing-pad
    • B65H39/11—Associating articles from a single source, to form, e.g. a writing-pad in superposed carriers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2405/00—Parts for holding the handled material
    • B65H2405/10—Cassettes, holders, bins, decks, trays, supports or magazines for sheets stacked substantially horizontally
    • B65H2405/11—Parts and details thereof
    • B65H2405/111—Bottom
    • B65H2405/1111—Bottom with several surface portions forming an angle relatively to each other
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2408/00—Specific machines
    • B65H2408/10—Specific machines for handling sheet(s)
    • B65H2408/11—Sorters or machines for sorting articles
    • B65H2408/113—Sorters or machines for sorting articles with variable location in space of the bins relative to a stationary in-feed path

Definitions

  • This invention relates to a sorter in accordance with the preamble of claim 1.
  • a sorter is known from US-A-4 607 838.
  • the compact sorter is provided with a plurality of vertically arranged bin trays.
  • Each of the bin trays has a widthwise projecting trunnion at least on one side of its sheet-receiving end portion.
  • the trunnions which may be pins having a circular cross section are stacked vertically and can move along a predetermined moving passage in the stacking direction.
  • the sorter is further provided with a transfer mechanism for causing the trunnions to rise and descend along the moving passage successively one by one and moving the adjacent bin trays successively away from each other vertically at their sheet receiving ends to form a sheet receiving opening.
  • a transfer mechanism of the type called the Geneva rotating cam-type (disclosed, for example, in the above cited U. S. Patent No. 4,328,963) and a transfer mechanism called the spiral rotating cam type (disclosed, for example, in U. S. Patent No. 4,337,936) are used as the transfer mechanism in the above sorter.
  • the Geneva rotating cam-type transfer mechanism is provided with a Geneva circular plate cam having formed therein at least one trunnion receiving groove extending radially and being open at its radial outside end, and the circular cam plate is adapted to rotate about a central axis extending in the width direction.
  • the spiral rotating cam-type transfer mechanism is provided with a cylindrical cam having formed therein a trunnion receiving groove extending spirally at its outer circumferential surface, and the cylindrical cam is adapted to rotate about a vertically extending central axis.
  • the Geneva rotating cam-type transfer mechanism has the disadvantage that when a given trunnion advances into and out of the trunnion receiving groove formed in the circular plate cam, collision and abrupt rising or descending occur (this will be described in detail later with reference to the accompanying drawings). Accordingly, relatively large noises are produced, and the transfer mechanism is not suitable for high-speed transfer of trunnions and has low durability.
  • the spiral rotating cam-type transfer mechanism can obviate the above problem of the Geneva rotating cam-type transfer mechanism because the spiral trunnion-receiving groove on the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical cam can be in such a form as to ascend or descend gradually incident to rotation also at its lower and upper ends. It, however, has other problems to be described. Firstly, to make the cylindrical cam, the spirally extending trunnion receiving groove should be formed on the outside surface of a solid cylinder. The operation of forming the trunnion receiving groove is considerably difficult, and the cost of production is comparatively high.
  • the downstream end portions of vertically adjoining bin trays are adapted to separate automatically in the vertical direction when their upstream end portions are spaced from each other vertically by the transfer mechanism.
  • cam blocks of a predetermined shape are fixed to both sides of the downstream end portion of each of bin trays, and the downstream ends of the bin trays are stacked via the cam blocks.
  • cam blocks fixed to the upper bin tray slide in the downstream direction with respect to the cam blocks fixed to a lower bin tray. This causes the downstream end portion of the upper bin tray to ascend.
  • the sorter Since, however, in the above conventional sorter, the space between the downstream end portions of adjacent bin trays is totally dependent upon the sliding of two sets of cam blocks with respect to each other, the sorter cannot be free from defects inherent in the sliding of the blocks. Specifically, the sorter had low durability and produces unpleasant noises (frictional sounds). Moreover, the efficiency of motion conversion is low (in other words, the downstream end portions of adjacent bin trays cannot be spaced from each other sufficiently widely).
  • US-A-4 607 838 discloses a sorter provided with a plurality of vertically arranged bin trays, the bin trays respectively having a widthwise projecting trunnion in at least one side thereof, the trunnions being vertically stacked and being movable in a substantially vertical direction along a predetermined moving passage, and a transfer mechanism for elevating and lowering the trunnions successively one by one through the predetermined transfer passage and spacing adjacent bin trays from each other vertically at their sheet receiving ends to form a sheet receiving opening between them.
  • the transfer mechanism includes a pair of cooperating cam plates and a rotating means, each of the rotating cam plates has at least one trunnion receiving groove extending radially and being open at its radially outside end and an outer circumferential cam surface extending continuously in the circumferential direction excepting a site corresponding to the trunnion receiving grooves.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a unique transfer mechanism which overcomes the above problem of the spiral rotating cam-type transfer mechanism and gives a solution to the above problem of the Geneva rotating cam-type transfer mechanism.
  • the illustrated sorter shown generally by reference numeral 2 is provided with a stationary supporting frame 4.
  • the supporting frame 4 has a front upstanding side plate 6 and a rear upstanding side plate 8 which are disposed in spaced-apart relationship in the width direction (a direction perpendicular to the sheet surface in Figure 2) and a linking plate 10 extending across the upper half portions of the upstream ends (the right ends in Figure 2) of the side plates 6 and 8.
  • a first guide plate pair 11, a first conveyor roller pair 12, a second guide plate pair 14 and a second conveyor roller pair 16 are disposed successively in the downstream direction between the side plates 6 and 8. More specifically, an upper guide plate 15 and a lower guide plate 17 in the first guide plate pair 11 are fixed between the side plates 6 and 8.
  • a substantially horizontally extending rotating shaft 18 is rotatably mounted between the side plates 6 and 8 and a plurality of (for example, four) rollers 20 are fixed to the rotating shaft 18 at suitable intervals in the width direction.
  • Downwardly extending pieces 24 are formed integrally at both sides of the upstream end portion of an upper guide plate 22 in the second pair of guide plates 14.
  • a substantially horizontally extending rotating shaft 26 is rotatably mounted between the downwardly extending pieces 24.
  • a plurality of (for example, four) rollers 28, which constitute the first conveyor roller pair 12 in cooperation with the rollers 20, are fixed to the rotating shaft 26 at suitable intervals in the width direction.
  • Substantially horizontally extending rotating shafts 30 and 32 are rotatably mounted between the side plates 6 and 8 with a space between them in the vertical direction.
  • a plurality of (for example,four) rollers 34 are fixed to the rotating shaft 30 at suitable intervals in the width direction.
  • a plurality of (for example, four) rollers 36 which constitute the second conveyor roller pair 16 in cooperation with the rollers 34, are fixed to the rotating shaft 32 at suitable intervals in the width direction.
  • the rotating shaft 32 to which the rollers 36 are secured is mounted so as to be free to move over some range in the vertical direction and is elastically biased downwardly by a suitable spring means (not shown), and thus, the rollers 36 are pressed elastically against the rollers 34.
  • a lower guide plate 38 in the second pair of guide plates 14 is fixed between the side plates 6 and 8.
  • projecting pieces 40 are formed integrally at both sides of the downstream portion of the upper guide plate 22 in the second guide plate pair 14, and by idly fitting the downstream end portions of the projecting pieces 40 with the rotating shaft 32, the upper guide plate 22 is pivotally mounted on the rotating shaft 32.
  • the upper guide plate 22 is held by its own weight, at a closed position shown in Figure 2 at which the rollers 28 fixed to the rotating shaft 26 mounted on the guide plate 22 abut with the rollers 20.
  • a gripping piece 42 is fixed to the upstream end portion of the upper surface of the upper guide plate 22.
  • a detector 48 is also disposed for detecting a sheet conveyed through the conveying passage defined by the pair of guide plates 11.
  • the detector 48 may be a microswitch having a detecting arm projecting between the guide plates 15 and 17.
  • the sorter 2 further has a plurality of (ten in the drawing) bin trays 50.
  • Each of the bin trays 50 may be of a nearly rectangular plate form on the whole.
  • An end wall 52 projecting upwardly by some distance is formed integrally in the upper end of each of the bin trays 50, and a projecting piece 54 further projecting upwardly is formed integrally in each of the side portions of the end wall 52.
  • the inside end portion of a widthwise projecting trunnion 56 is fixed to the projecting piece 54.
  • the trunnion 56 may be a pin having a circular cross-sectional surface.
  • a substantially vertically extending elongate slot 58 is formed in each of the side plates 6 and 8 of the stationary supporting frame 4.
  • the lateral size of the slot 58 corresponds to the diameter of the trunnion 56.
  • the trunnions 56 provided in the front and rear sides of the upper end portion of each of the bin trays 50 project outwardly in the width direction through the slots 58 formed in the side plates 6 and 8.
  • the trunnions 56 are stacked in a substantially vertical direction in such a manner that they are free to move in a substantially vertical direction along the slots 58.
  • the upstream end of the fourth bin tray 50 from above is vertically spaced from the upstream end of the fifth bin tray 50 by the action of the transfer mechanism to be described. Accordingly, the trunnions 56 in four bin trays 50 from the first to the 4th are contacted successively in the vertical direction. The trunnions 56 of six bin trays 50 from the 5th to the 10th are also contacted successively in the vertical direction. However, the trunnions 56 of the 4th bin trays 50 and the tunnions 56 of the fifth bin tray 50 are spaced apart from each other.
  • a rod 60 is also provided which extends continuously in the width direction above the trunnions 56 of the first bin tray 50.
  • the front end portion of the rod 60 whose cross-sectional surface may be circular projects forwardly through the slot 58 formed in the side plate 6.
  • the rear end portion of the rod 60 projects rearwardly through the slot 58 formed in the side plate 8.
  • the front end portion of the rod 60 projects forwardly beyond the front ends of the front trunnions of the 1st to the 9th bin trays, and the upper end portion of a lever 62 is fixed to the front end portion of the rod 60.
  • the lever 62 has a main portion 64 extending downwardly substantially vertically and a bent portion 66 extending forwardly from the lower end of the main portion 64.
  • a vertically extending slot 68 is formed in the lower end part of the main portion 64 of the lever 62.
  • the front trunnion 56 of the first bin tray 50 from below extends forwardly beyond the front ends of the front trunnions 56 of the other bin trays 50 and passes through the slot 68.
  • an adjusting screw 70 is secured to the bent portion 66 of the lever 62. The upper end of the adjusting screw 70 abuts with the under surface of the extended front end portion of the front trunnion 56 in the first bin tray 50 from below.
  • the distance 1 ( Figure 3) between the front trunnion 56 of the first bin tray 50 and the front trunnion 56 of the first bin tray 50 from below is maintained at a predetermined value microadjustable by the operation of the adjusting screw 70.
  • the same arrangement (lever 62 and adjusting screw 70) may be provided with regard to the rear trunnions 56 of the bin trays 50 and the rear end portion of the rod 60.
  • a spring means for elastically upwardly biasing the trunnion 56 of the first bin tray from below may be used in place of the adjusting screw 70.
  • the slots 58 formed in the side plates 6 and 8 extend substantially vertically, but if desired, the slots 58 may be designed to extend upwardly wholly or partly while inclining to the upstream or downstream side, as disclosed, for example, in the above-cited U. S. Patents Nos. 4,328,963 and 4,332,377.
  • a detector 71 ( Figures 1 and 2) is further provided in the side plate 6.
  • This detector 71 may be a microswitch having a detecting arm extending across the lower portion of the slot 58 formed in the side plate 6.
  • each of the bin trays 50 extend to the downstream side beyond the stationary supporting frame 4.
  • a notch 72 may be formed in each of the bin trays 50 extending upstream from the downstream end in the central portion of the bin tray in the width direction.
  • cam blocks 74 are fixed to both sides of the downstream end portion of each of the bin trays 50 and the cam blocks 74 of the bin trays 50 are stacked in a contacting relationship on both sides of the bin trays. It will be understood from the description given hereinafter that the cam blocks 74 adjoining vertically can be moved in the upstream and downstream directions relative to each other and are stacked pivotally.
  • the illustrated sorter 2 further has disposed therein a stationary supporting plate 76 fixed between the side plates 6 and 8 of the stationary supporting frame 4 and extending inclinedly upwardly in the downstream direction from its upstream end.
  • a stationary supporting plate 76 fixed between the side plates 6 and 8 of the stationary supporting frame 4 and extending inclinedly upwardly in the downstream direction from its upstream end.
  • the sorter 2 further has a transfer mechanism 78.
  • two short rods 80 and 82 projecting forwardly substantially horizontally are implanted in the front upstanding side plate 6.
  • the free ends of the two short rods 80 and 82 are linked to each other by a reinforcing linking piece 84.
  • the short rod 80 is concentric with the rotating shaft 30.
  • On the short rods 80 and 82 are rotatably mounted rotating cam plates 86 and 88 and also gears 90 and 92, respectively.
  • the rotating cam plate 86 and the gear 90 mounted on the short rod 80 are connected to each other by a suitable means such as a key (not shown) so as to rotate as a unit.
  • the rotating cam plate 88 and the gear 92 are connected by a suitable means such as a key (not shown) so as to rotate as a unit.
  • the rotating cam plate 86 and the gear 90 may be formed as a one-piece unit; so can the rotating cam plate 88 and the gear 92.
  • the gears 90 and 92 are substantially identical and are in mesh with each other. Accordingly, the rotating cam plates 86 and 88 are drivingly connected so that they rotate at substantially the same rotating speed in opposite directions to each other.
  • a trunnion receiving groove 94 extending radially and being open at its radial outside end is formed in the rotating cam plate 86.
  • the width of the trunnion receiving groove 94 corresponds to the diameter of the trunnion 56 provided in the bin tray 50.
  • An outer circumferential cam surface 96 extending continuously in the circumferential direction excepting the site of the trunnion receiving groove should be a convoluted surface whose radius r progressively increases from one side of the trunnion receiving groove 94 to the other side when viewed clockwise in Figure 3.
  • the outer circumferential surface 96 in the illustrated embodiment is formed like an Archimedian spiral in which the ratio of the rotating angle ⁇ to the increase of the radius r are constant when viewed clockwise.
  • the difference (b-a) between the maximum radius b and the minimum radius a in the outer circumferential cam surface 96 corresponds to the diameter of one trunnion 56, and preferably (b-a) d.
  • the rotating cam plate 88 is of quite the same shape as the rotating cam plate 86. Specifically, a trunnion receiving groove 98 extending radially and being opened at its radial outside end is formed in the rotating cam plate 88.
  • the rotating cam plates 86 and 88 rotated at substantially the same rotating speed in opposite directions to each other are disposed in a given angular relation such that the trunnion receiving groove 94 faces the trunnion receiving groove 98 at a point of crossing of the straight line 106 and the slot 58, as shown in Figure 4-D.
  • the short rods 80 and 82, the reinforcing linking piece 84, the cam plates 86 and 88 and the gears 90 and 92 are likewise disposed in the rear side of the rear upstanding side plate 8 although they are not essential and not shown in the drawings.
  • a substantially horizontally extending rotating shaft 108 is rotatably mounted between the side plates 6 and 8.
  • the front end portion of the rotating shaft 108 projects forwardly through the side plate 6, and a gear 110 in mesh with the gear 90 is fixed to the front end portion.
  • the rear end portion of the rotating shaft 108 projects rearwardly through the side plate 8, and a gear 110 in mesh with the gear 90 is fixed to the rear end portion, although this is not shown in the drawing.
  • a driving source 112 ( Figure 3) which may be an electric motor is disposed in the inside surface of the side plate 6.
  • the output shaft 114 of the driving source 112 projects forwardly through the side plate 6, and a gear 116 in mesh with the gear 110 disposed ahead of the side plate 6 is fixed to the front end portion of the output shaft 114.
  • the driving source 112, the gears 116 and 110 as well as gears 90 and 92 constitute a driving source 118 for rotating the rotating cam plates 86 and 88.
  • the gear 116 is rotated clockwise in Figure 3 by the driving source 112
  • the rotating cam plate 86 is rotated clockwise, and the rotating cam plate 88, counterclockwise.
  • the gear 116 is rotated counterclockwise in Figure 3 by the driving source 112
  • the rotating cam plate 86 is rotated counterclockwise, and the rotating cam plate 88, clockwise.
  • the sorter 2 illustrated in Figure 2 is used, for example, in combination with an electrostatic copying machine 120.
  • This sorter 2 is positioned with respect to the electrostatic copying machine 120 such that a sheet introducing passage 122 defined by the upstream end portion of the first guide plate pair 11 comes opposite to a sheet discharge opening in the copying machine 120.
  • a sheet (copying paper) discharged from the copying machine 120 by a pair of discharge rollers 124 is fed to the first pair of conveyor rollers 12 via a space between the guide plates 15 and 17 of the first guide plate pair 11, and by the action of the first conveying roller pair 12, fed to the second pair of conveyor rollers 16 via a space between the guide plates 22 and 38 of the seond guide plate pair, and then by the action of the second conveying roller pair 16, discharged onto any one of the bin trays 50.
  • the driving source 112 of the transfer mechanism 78 is energized for a predetermined period of time to rotate the rotating cam plate 86 clockwise and the rotating cam plate 88 counterclockwise each through one turn.
  • the trunnion 56 of the 5th bin tray 50 is elevated at a relatively high speed incident to the rotation of the rotating cam plate 86 by the restraining action of the trunnion receiving groove 94, and is spaced upwardly from the trunnion 56 of the 6th bin tray 50.
  • the trunnion 56 of the 6th bin tray 50 contacts or approaches the outer circumferential cam surface 96 of the rotating cam plate 86.
  • the trunnion 56 of the 5th bin tray 50 gets out of the trunnion receiving groove 98 of the rotating cam plate 88 and maker contact with the outer circumferential cam surface 100 of the rotating cam plate 88, as is shown in Figure 4-G.
  • the trunnion 56 of the 4th bin tray 50 has already been elevated by a distance nearly corresponding to the diameter of the trunnion 56. Accordingly, the trunnion 56 of the 5th bin tray 50 can get out of the trunnion receiving groove 98 of the rotating cam plate 88 without violently colliding with the trunnion 56 of the 4th bin tray 50.
  • the radius of the outer circumferential surface 100 of the rotating cam plate 88 progressively increases at that site which the trunnion 56 of the 5th bin tray 50 contacts, and the radius of the outer circumferential cam surface 86 of the rotating cam plate 86 progressively decreases at that site which the trunnion 56 of the 6th bin tray 50 contacts or approaches. Accordingly, the trunnions of the 1st to the 10th bin trays 50 are gradually elevated.
  • the trunnion 56 of the 4th bin tray 50 is lowered at a relatively high speed by a predetermined distance by the action of the trunnion receiving groove 98 of the rotating cam plate 88 and the trunnion receiving groove 94 of the rotating cam plate 86, and all the trunnions 56 are gradually lowered continuously by a distance corresponding to the diameter of one trunnion 56, as can be understood by seeing Figures 4-A to 4-H in the opposite direction from the case described above.
  • the 3rd and 4th bin trays 50 are spaced vertically from each other at their receiving ends, and the sheet conveyed by the action of the second conveying roller pair 16 is in condition for discharged onto the 4th bin tray 50.
  • one trunnion receiving groove 94 or 98 is provided respectively in the cooperating rotating cam plates 86 and 88. If desired, it is possible to form two or three or more trunnion receiving grooves at angular intervals in each of the rotating cam plates 86 and 88.
  • the outer circumferential cam surface 96 between two adjacent trunnion receiving grooves 94 and the outer circumferential cam surface 100 between two adjacent trunnion receiving grooves 98 are preferably formed in an Archimedian convoluted surface whose radius progressively increases from its minimum radius a to its maximum radius b , and instead of rotating the rotating cam plates 86 and 88 through one turn, they are rotated through 360°/n turn in which n is the number of the trunnion receiving grooves 94 and 98 respectively.
  • the transfer mechanism 78 constructed in accordance with this invention, when the rotating cam plates 86 and 88 are rotated through one turn in order to elevate a given trunnion 56 (for example, the trunnion 56 of the 5th bin tray 50) by a predetermined distance by the action of the trunnion receiving grooves 94 and 98 of the rotating cam plates 86 and 88 or to lower a given trunnion 56 (for example, the trunnion 56 of the 4th bin tray 50) by a predetermined distance by the action of the trunnion receiving grooves 94 and 98 of the rotating cam plates 86 and 88, all the trunnions 56 are gradually elevated or lowered successively during the entire one-turn rotation of the rotating cam plates 86 and 88 described above.
  • the elevation or lowering of the trunnions 56 is sufficiently smooth, and no excessive impact is produced.
  • the transfer of the trunnions 56 can thus be carried out at a sufficiently high speed, and the trunnion can function well over a long period of time without excessive wear.
  • the conventional Geneva rotating cam-type transfer mechanism disclosed, for example, in U. S. Patent No. 4,328,963 has the following problems.
  • the conventional Geneva rotating cam-type transfer mechanism is provided with a Geneva circular plate cam 126 mounted rotatably on a shaft 125 instead of the aforesaid pair of rotating cam plates 86 and 88.
  • At least one trunnion receiving groove 128 extending radially and being open at its radially outside end is formed in the circular plate cam 126 as is the case with the rotating cam plate 86 or 88.
  • the outer circumferential cam surface 130 extending continuously in the circumferential direction excepting the site of the trunnion receiving groove 128 is not a convoluted surface but an arcuate surface having a constant radius r .
  • the trunnion 134 of the 4th bin tray is also kept in contact with the outer circumferential cam surface 130 of the circular plate cam 126 by the weight of the bin tray, etc. Since, however, the outer circumferential cam surface 130 is an arculate surface having a constant radius r , the trunnions 134 of all bin trays are not elevated but remain stationary while the circular plate cam 126 is rotated from the angular position shown in Figure 5-A to the angular position shown in Figure 5-B.
  • the trunnion 134 of the 5th bin tray is elevated at a relatively high speed incident to the rotation of the circular plate cam 126, but the trunnions 134 of the remaining bin trays (i.e., 1st to 4th and 6th to 10th bin trays) remain stationary without being elevated.
  • the trunnion 134 of the 5th bin tray gets out of the trunnion receiving groove 128 of the circular plate cam 126 and makes contact with the outer circumferential cam surface 130 of the circular plate cam 126.
  • FIGS 6 to 8 illustrate cam means 424 of a unique construction which can be disposed on both sides of the downstream ends of bin trays 50 in place of the cam blocks 74 described above.
  • Each cam means 424 includes, with regard to two vertically adjoining bin trays, a pivot member 426 disposed in the lower bin tray 50 and an engaging protrusion 428 disposed in the upper bin tray 50. Both the pivot member 426 and the engaging protrusion 428 should be disposed in the 2nd to 9th bin trays 50. But in the 1st bin tray, the pivot member 426 is omitted, and in the 10th (1st from bottom) bin 50, the engaging protrusion 428 is omitted.
  • nearly rectangular blocks 430 which may be made of a suitable synthetic resin are fixed to both ends of the downstream end portion of each of the bin trays 50.
  • a groove 431 for receiving a side edge portion of the downstream end of the bin tray 50 is formed in the inside surface of each block 430.
  • the blocks 430 may be bonded to desired sites of the bin trays 50 by a suitable adhesive.
  • a supporting shaft 432 projecting substantially horizontally and outwardly in the width direction is formed integrally in the downstream end portion of the block 430 at its exterior side surface.
  • the pivot member 426 is pivotally mounted on the supporting shaft 432.
  • the pivot member 426 which may be formed of a suitable synthetic resin is nearly Z-shaped, and has a base portion 434, an inclined portion 436 a free end portion 438.
  • a stopping protrusion 440 ( Figure 8) projecting inwardly in the width direction is formed integrally in the interior side surface of the free end portion 438.
  • the stopping protrusion 440 abuts with the upper surface of the block 430 to prevent the pivot member 426 from pivoting clockwise in Figure 8 beyond the stop position shown by a solid line in Figure 8.
  • the pivot member 426 is mounted so that it is free to pivot counterclockwise in Figure 8 (in a direction in which the free end portion 438 is elevated) from a predetermined stop position at which its stopping protrusion 440 abuts with the upper surface of the block 430.
  • an engagement portion 442 which may be a depressed portion open on the upstream side and having a nearly circular cross-sectional surface.
  • the free end portion 438 further has formed therein integrally a projecting piece 446 which defines a guide surface 444 extending upstream from the engagement portion 442.
  • the engaging protrusion 428 cooperating with the pivot member 426 described above is formed integrally in the upstream end portion of the outside surface of the block 430, and projects outwardly in the width direction and substantially horizontally from the outside surface of the block 430.
  • the cross-sectional surface shape of the engaging protrusion 428 is circular or elliptical.
  • the downstream end portion of the given bin tray 50 When the upstream end portion of the given bin tray 50 is elevated and caused to approach the upstream end portion of the bin tray 50 immediately above it, the downstream end portion of the given bin tray 50 is moved downstream with respect to the downstream end portion of the bin tray 50 immediately above it, and therefore, the downstream end portion of the bin tray 50 immediately above it moves upstream relative to the given bin tray.
  • the pivot member 426 of the cam means 424 in the given bin tray 50 is pivoted from the spacing position to a direction opposite to the aforesaid predetermined direction (this opposite direction is the clockwise direction in Figure 8), and the downstream end portion of the given bin tray 50 thereby approaches the downstream end portion of the bin tray 50 immediately above it.
  • the pivot member 426 is pivoted in the predetermined direction by the action of the engaging protrusion 428, whereby the downstream end portion of the given bin tray 50 is elevated.
  • the pivoting movement of the pivot member 426 is utilized instead of the sliding movement of the two cam block in order to space the downstream end portions of the adjacent bin trays 50 automatically. Accordingly, the downstream end portions of the adjacent bin trays 50 can be spaced sufficiently widely with a high motion converting efficiency while avoiding occurrence of unpleasant noises and increasing the durability of the bin trays.
  • FIG. 9 to 13 shows a second embodiment of the sorter constructed in accordance with this invention.
  • the illustrated sorter shown generally at 202 is provided with a plurality of (18 in the drawing) vertically arranged bin trays 250.
  • Supporting pieces 274 which project slightly upwardly and then outwardly in the width direction are formed integrally on both sides of the downstream end portion of each of the bin trays 250.
  • the upstream ends of stationary supporting members 276 extending downstream and upwardly inclinedly are fixed respectively to the lower end portions of the inside surfaces of a front upright side plate 206 and a rear upright side plate 208 in a stationary supporting frame 204.
  • a guiding member 277 which may be made of synthetic resin and extending substantially vertically upwardly is fixed to the downstream end portion of each of the stationary supporting members 276.
  • a plurality of (18 in the drawing) guide rails 279 arranged at predetermined intervals in the vertical reaction and parallel to each other while being slightly upwardly inclined downstream are formed in the inside surfaces of each of the guide members 277.
  • the protruding portion in the width direction of the supporting pieces 274 formed in the bin trays 250 are placed on the guide rails 279, respectively. Accordingly, the downstream end portions of the bin trays 250 are supported respectively by the guide rails 279 so that they slide freely along the rails and can pivot.
  • auxiliary side plates 207 and 209 having a nearly L-shaped cross-sectional shape are fixed respectively to the outside surfaces of the side plates 206 and 208 of the stationary supporting frame 204.
  • a sliding member 221 slidable substantially vertically is disposed in each of a space defined by the side plate 206 and the auxiliary side plate 207 and a space defined by the side plate 208 and the auxiliary side plate 209. More specifically, a guide plate 219 is fixed to the inside surface of the main portion of each of the auxiliary side plates 207 and 209.
  • a pair of guide rails 223 extending substantially vertically in spaced-apart relationship are formed integrally in the inside surface of the guide member 219.
  • a pair of rails 225 to be guided which extend substantially vertically in spaced-apart relationship are formed integrally on the outside surface in the width direction of each of the sliding member 221.
  • the pair of rails 225 to be guided are inserted between the pair of guide rails 223.
  • each of the sliding members 221 can slide substantially vertically while being guided by the pair of guide rails 223.
  • a substantially horizontally extending rotating shaft 280 is rotatably mounted between the front sliding member 221 and the rear sliding member 221, and a rotating cam plate 286 and a gear 290 are fixed respectively to the front end portion and the rear end portion of the rotating shaft 280.
  • a short rod 282 is rotatably mounted on each of the front sliding member 221 and the rear sliding member 221, and a rotating cam plate 288 and a gear 292 are fixed to the short rod 282.
  • the shapes of the rotating cam plates 286 and 288 and the gears 290 and 292 and their relation may be substantially the same as the rotating cam plates 86 and 88 and the gears 90 and 92 in the first embodiment described above. Accordingly, a detailed description of these will be omitted.
  • suspending pieces 239 extending downwardly are formed integrally in both sides in the width direction of a lower guide plate 238 in a second pair of guide plates 214.
  • the upstream end portions of the suspending pieces 239 are pivotally linked to a rotating shaft 218 mounted between the side plates 206 and 208 in the stationary supporting frame 204.
  • the rotating shaft 218 to which the lower roller 220 in the first conveying roller pair 212 is fixed is mounted between the side plates 206 and 208 in the stationary supporting frame 204 for free rotation and for free movement over a predetermined range in the left-right direction in Figure 13.
  • the downstream end portion of the suspending piece 239 is pivotably mounted on the rotating shaft 280 mounted on the sliding member 221.
  • a supporting member 241 extending downwardly is fixed to the front portion in the width direction of the lower guide plate 238 in the second guide plate pair 214, and a driving source 312 which may be electric motor is mounted on the supporting member 241.
  • a toothed pulley 316 is fixed to the output shaft 314 of the driving source 312.
  • a toothed pulley 310 is fixed to the front portion of the rotating shaft 280.
  • a toothed belt 311 is wrapped over the toothed pulleys 310 and 316.
  • the driving source 312, the toothed pulleys 310 and 316, the toothed belt 311 and the gears 290 and 292 constitute a driving means 318 in a transfer mechanism 278.
  • a hollow cylindrical rotating shaft 230 capable of rotating independently of the rotating shaft 280 is mounted on the central part of the rotating shaft 280 mounted on the sliding member 221.
  • a lower roller 234 in a second conveyor roller pair 216 is fixed to the rotating shaft 230.
  • a rotating shaft 232 extending substantially horizontally above the rotating shafts 280 and 230 is further mounted between the front sliding member 221 and the rear sliding member 221.
  • An upper roller 236 of the second conveyor roller pair 16 is fixed to the rotating shaft 232. It will be appreciated by reference to Figure 13 that the downstream end portions of the projecting pieces 240 formed in both sides of the downstream end portion of the upper guide plate 222 in the second guide plate pair 214 are pivotally linked to the rotating shaft 232.
  • a downwardly extending supporting member 243 is fixed to the rear portion in the width direction of the lower guide plate 238 in the second guide plate pair 214.
  • a driving source 244 which may be an electric motor is mounted on the supporting member 243.
  • a pulley 247 is fixed to the output shaft 245 of the driving source 244.
  • a short rod 249 is also rotatably mounted on the supporting member 243, and a pulley 251 is fixed to the short rod 249.
  • Pulleys 253 and 255 are fixed to the rear end portions in the width direction of the rotatig shafts 218 and 230, respectively.
  • a belt 257 is wrapped over the pulleys 247, 251, 253 and 255.
  • trunnions 256 projecting outwardly in the width direction are fixed to both sides of the upstream end of each of the bin trays 250 in the second embodiment.
  • a substantially vertically extending elongate slot 258 is formed in each of the side plates 206 and 208 in the stationary supporting frame 204.
  • the trunnions 256 of the bin tray 250 project outwardly in the width direction through the slots 258.
  • the trunnions 256 are stacked along the slots 258 in a substantially vertical direction.
  • the trunnion 256 of the 1st bin tray 250 from below (18th from above) abuts with the lower end of the slot 258, and therefore, the trunnions 256 of the 9th to 18th bin trays 250 cannot descend.
  • the position of the upper end and/or the lower end of the slot 258 may be preset by a suitable position-adjustable means (not shown) such as the adjusting screw 70 ( Figures 1 and 3) used in the first embodiment.
  • a spring means acting on the trunnion 256 at the upper end and/or the lower end of the slot 258.
  • the second embodiment is substantially the same in structure as the first embodiment. To avoid duplication, therefore, a further description of the structure of the second embodiment will be omitted.
  • the sorter 202 is used in combination with, for example, an electrostatic copying machine 320 as in the case of the first embodiment.
  • a sheet (copying paper) discharged from the copying machine 320 by a discharge roller pair 322 is fed to the first conveyor roller pair 212 after passing between the guide plates of the first guide plate pair 211, and by the action of the first conveyor roller pair 212, is passed between the guide plates of the second guide plate pair 214 and fed to the second conveyor roller pair 216. Then, by the action of the second conveyor roller pair 216, it is discharged onto any of the bin trays 250.
  • the driving source 312 ( Figure 12) of the transfer mechanism 278 When in the state shown in Figures 9 to 11, the driving source 312 ( Figure 12) of the transfer mechanism 278 is energized for a predetermined period of time to rotate the rotating cam plate 286 clockwise and the rotating cam plate 288 counterclockwise through one turn, the 8th bin tray 250 and the 9th bin tray are spaced from each other vertically at their receiving ends, and the sheet conveyed by the action of the second conveyor roller pair 216 is in condition for discharge onto the 9th bin tray 250.
  • the trunnion 256 of the 8th bin tray 250 which is in contact with the outer circumferential cam surface 296 of the rotating cam plate 286 advances into the trunnion receiving groove 294 of the rotating cam plate 286, and then gets out of the trunnion receiving groove 294 and advances into the trunnion receiving groove 298 of the rotating cam plate 288. Thereafter, it gets out of the trunnion receiving groove 298 and makes contact with the outer circumferential cam surface 300 of the rotating cam plate 288.
  • this trunnion is elevated above the second conveyor roller pair 216 (see Figures 4-A and 4-H also).
  • the rotating cam plate 86 when the rotating cam plate 86 is rotated clockwise and the rotating cam plate 88 counterclockwise through one turn, all trunnions are gradually elevated.
  • trunnions other than a specific trunnion (the trunnion 256 of the 8th bin tray) which is elevated at a relatively high speed by the action of the rotating cam plates 286 and 288 and the trunnion receiving grooves 294 and 298 cannot ascend.
  • the sliding members 211 on which the rotating cam plates 286 and 288 are mounted are free to ascend and descend.
  • the sliding members 221 mounted on the rotating cam plates 286 and 288 gradually descend as the radius of the outer circumferential cam surface 296 of the rotating cam plate 286 gradually decreases at that site of the rotating cam plate 286 with which the trunnion 256 of the 8th bin tray 250 makes contact until this trunnion advances into the trunnion receiving groove 294 and with which the trunnion 256 of the 9th bin tray 250 makes contact thereafter, and at the same time as the radius of the outer circumferential cam surface 300 of the rotating cam plate 288 gradually increases at that site of the rotating cam plate 288 with which the trunnion 250 of the 7th bin tray 250 makes contact until the trunnion 256 of the 8th bin tray 250 getw out of the trunnion receiving groove 298 and with which the trunnion 256 of the 8th bin tray makes contact thereafter.
  • the amount in which the sliding member 221 has descended while the rotating cam plate 286 is rotated clockwise and the rotating cam plate 288 is rotated counterclockwise through one turn corresponds to the diameter of one trunnion 256.
  • the second conveyor roller pair 216 is also lowered because the latter is mounted on the former.
  • the upstream end portion of the second guide plate pair 214 is moved slightly in the right-left direction and at the same time pivoted counterclockwise in Figure 13 with its upstream end portion (more specifically, the rotating shaft 218) as a center of turning.
  • the sheet conveyed by the second conveyor roller pair 216 is in condition for discharge onto the 9th bin tray 250.
  • the rotating cam plate 286 When the rotating cam plate 286 is rotated clockwise and the rotating cam plate 288 is rotated counterclockwise successively through one turn, the sheets conveyed by the action of the second conveyor roller pair 216 are in condition for discharge successively onto the 10th to 18th bin trays 250.
  • the driving source 312 may be energized, as in the first embodiment, after the lapse of a predetermined period of time from the time when the trailing end of the preceding sheet is detected by the detector 248 ( Figure 10).
  • the detector 248 may be mounted on the lower guide plate 217 of the first guide plate pair 211.
  • the rotating cam plate 286 When the rotating cam plate 286 is rotated clockwise and the rotating cam plate 288 is rotated counterclockwise successively through one turn to create a condition in which the sheet is to be discharged onto the 1st bin tray 250 from below (the 18th from above) [in this condition, the trunnion 256 of the 1st bin tray 250 from below contacts the outer circumferential cam surface 296 of the rotating cam plate 286 and the trunnion 256 of the 2nd bin tray from below contacts the outer circumferential cam surface 300 of the rotating cam plate 288], the sliding members 221 are at their lowermost positions shown by a two-dot chain line in Figure 11. As a result, the actuating piece 273 fixed to the sliding member 221 acts on the detecting arm of the detector 271 fixed to the side plate 206, and the detector 271 detects the fact that the sliding members 221 are at the lowermost positions.
  • the driving source 312 ( Figure 12) of the transfer mechanism 278 is energized for a predetermined period of time to rotate the rotating cam plate 286 counterclockwise and the rotating cam plate 288 clockwise through one turn, the 6th bin tray 250 and the 7th bin tray 250 are spaced vertically from each other at their receiving ends and the sheet conveyed by the action of the second conveyor roller pair 216 is in condition for discharge onto the 7th bin tray 250.
  • the sheet conveyed by the second conveyor roller pair 216 is in condition for discharge onto the 7th bin tray 250.
  • the supporting pieces 274 provided on both sides of the downstream end portion of the 7th bin tray 250 are caused to slide slightly upstream on the guide rails 279 of the guide member 277 and simultaneously pivoted clockwise when viewed from ahead.
  • the rotating cam plate 286 When the rotating cam plate 286 is rotated counterclockwise and the rotating cam plate 288 is rotated clockwise successively through one turn, the sheets conveyed by the action of the second conveying roller pair 216 are in condition for discharge successively onto the 6th to 1st bin trays 250.
  • the sheet When the sheet is in condition for discharge onto the 1st bin tray 250, trunnions 256 of all bin trays are positioned below the second conveyor roller pair 216 and the trunnion 256 of the 1st bin tray 250 makes contact with the outer circumferential cam surface 296 of the rotating cam plate 286.
  • the rotating cam plates 286 and 288 when the rotating cam plates 286 and 288 are rotated through one turn in order to elevate a given trunnion 256 (for example, the trunnion 256 of the 8th bin tray) by a predetermined distance by the action of the rotating cam plates 286 and 288 and the trunnion receiving grooves 294 and 298 or to lower a given trunnion (for example, the trunnion 256 of the 7th bin tray 250) by a predetermined distance by the action of the rotating cam plates 286 and 288 and the trunnion receiving grooves 294 and 298, the sliding members 221 on which the rotating cam plates 286 and 288 are mounted are gradually lowered or elevated successively over the entire period of one-turn rotation of the rotating cam plates 286 and 288.
  • a given trunnion 256 for example, the trunnion 256 of the 8th bin tray
  • the rising and lowering of the sliding members 221 are sufficiently smooth, and unlike the case of using the conventional Geneva rotating cam-type transfer mechanism, no excessive impact occurs and no abrupt lowering or elevation of the sliding members is caused.
  • the transfer of the trunnions 256 (and the elevation or lowering of the sliding members 221) can be effected at sufficiently high speeds.
  • the bin trays can function well over a long period of time without excessive friction, etc.
  • Figures 14 to 17 shows a modified example of the method of supporting the downstream end portions of the bin trays.
  • supporting pieces 538 are formed integrally in both sides of the downstream end portion of a bin tray 506.
  • Each supporting piece 538 has a rising portion 540 extending upwardly from the side edge of the downstream end portion of the bin tray 506 and a projecting portion 542 extending outwardly in the width direction from the upper end edge of the rising portion 540.
  • the rising portion 540 is inclined upwardly and slightly outwardly in the width direction, as is seen from Figure 17.
  • the rising portion 540 is of a triangular shape whose upward projecting height progressively increases in the downstream direction, and the projecting portion 542 is rectangular.
  • the projecting portion 542 is inclined upwardly in the downstream direction at an inclination angle ⁇ of about 20 to 30 degrees with respect to the side edge of the bin tray 506. It will be undertstood by reference to Figures 16 and 17 that the rising portions 540 of the supporting pieces 538 in all bin trays 506 are substantially the same. But the amounts of outward projection in the width direction in the projecting portions 542 of the supporting pieces 538 decrease stepwise from the upper bin trays 506 toward the lower bin trays 506.
  • the rising portion 540 is formed, but no projecting portion 542 is provided.
  • a supporting frame shown generally at 544 is annexed to the stationary supporting frame 204.
  • the supporting frame 544 has extending portions 546 extending while being inclined upwardly from there upstream ends toward the downstream sides, inclined portions 548 extending upwardly from the downstream ends of the extending portions 546 while being inclined outwardly in the width direction, upstanding portions 550 extending upwardly substantially vertically from the inclined portions 548 and a horizontal portion 552 extending substantially horizontally between the upstanding portions 550.
  • Guide members 554 are fixed to both sides of the downstream end portion of the supporting frames 544. If desired, the guide members 554 may be formed as an integral unit with the supporting frame 544.
  • each of the guide members 554 located opposite to each of the both sides of the downstream end portions of the bin trays 506 is nearly of a parallelogram in its side view (see Figure 15), and in its end view seen from the downstream side, it extends upwardly along the inclined portion 548 of the supporting frame 544 while being inclined outwardly in the width direction.
  • the inside surface of each of the guide members 554 is of a step-like form having a plurality of guiding surfaces displaced inwardly in the width direction stepwise from above to below, as clearly shown in Figure 17.
  • each of the guiding member 554 has upwardly facing 18 guiding surfaces 556, in the 1st to the 17th guiding surfaces counted from above, the amount c2 of widthwise displacement between adjacent guiding surfaces 556 and the vertical step difference h between them are substantially the same.
  • the amount c2 of widthwise displacement is prescribed at a substantially the same value as the aforesaid predetermined amount c1 mentioned with regard to the projecting portion 542 of the supporting piece 538 in the bin tray 506.
  • the step difference ha between the first guiding surface 556 counted from below and the second guiding surface counted from below is prescribed at a value larger than the other step difference h (this has to be with the fact that as stated hereinabove, no projecting portion 542 is formed in the first bin tray 506). It will be clearly understood by reference to Figure 15 that conveniently, the guiding surfaces 556 formed in the inside surfaces of the guide members 554 are inclined upwardly toward the downstream at an angle of inclination ⁇ of about 40 to 50 degrees.
  • each of the bin trays 506 is supported by placing the projecting portion 542 of the supporting piece 538 on the corresponding guiding surface 556.
  • the projecting portion 542 of the 1st bin tray 506 is placed on the 1st guiding surface 556 in the guide member 554, and the projecting portion 542 of the n th bin tray 506 is placed on the n th guiding surface 556 in the guide member 554.
  • no projecting portion 542 is formed in the 1st bin tray from below, and as shown in Figure 17, the downstream end portion of the 1st bin tray 506 from below is supported at a required position by placing its both side edge portions directly on the lowermost guiding surface 556 of the guide member 554.
  • the guiding surfaces 556 of the guide member 554 are displaced stepwise outwardly in the width direction from bottom to top. Accordingly, the elevation of the downstream end portion of a given bin tray 506 is not hampered by the guiding surface 556 of the bin tray 506 above it, and the downstream end portion of the given bin tray 506 can be elevated freely together with the downstream end portion of the bin tray 506 above it.
  • the sheet can be easily disposed of by manually elevating the lower ends portions of the 1st to 7th bin trays 506, pivoting these bin trays 506 about the trunnions 256 at their upstream ends, and thus spacing the 7th bin tray 506 widely from the 8th bin tray 506, as shown by two-dot chain lines in Figure 15.

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Collation Of Sheets And Webs (AREA)
  • Paper Feeding For Electrophotography (AREA)

Claims (3)

  1. Sortierer (2) mit einer Vielzahl von senkrecht angeordneten Fangschalen (50), die jeweils in wenigstens einer Seite einen in Breitenrichtung vorstehenden Drehzapfen (56) aufweisen, wobei die Drehzapfen (56) senkrecht übereinander gestapelt und in im wesentlichen senkrechter Richtung entlang einem vorbestimmten Bewegungskanal (58) bewegbar sind, und mit einem Überführungsmechanismus (78), der die Drehzapfen (56) einzeln nacheinander durch den vorbestimmten Überführungskanal (58) hebt und senkt und benachbarte Fangschalen (50) an ihren Blattaufnahmeenden in Vertikalrichtung unter Bildung von Blattaufnahmeöffnungen zwischen ihnen voneinander beabstandet; wobei

    der Überführungsmechanismus (78) ein Paar von zusammenwirkenden rotierenden Nockenscheiben (86, 88) und eine Rotationseinrichtung (118) aufweist,

    jede der rotierenden Nockenscheiben (86, 88) wenigstens einen Drehzapfenaufnahmeschlitz (94, 98), der radial verläuft und an seinem radial äußeren Ende offen ist, sowie eine Außenumfangs-Nockenfläche (96, 100) aufweist, die unter Auslassung einer den Drehzapfenaufnahmeschlitzen (94, 98) entsprechenden Stelle kontinuierlich in Umfangsrichtung verläuft,

    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß

    der Radius (r) der Außenumfangs-Nockenfläche (96, 100) in einer gegebenen Drehrichtung progressiv größer wird,

    das Paar von rotierenden Nockenscheiben (86, 88) so angeordnet ist, daß ihre Rotationsmittenachsen (102, 104) auf beiden Seiten des vorbestimmten Bewegungskanals (58) positioniert sind, eine die Rotationsmittenachsen (102, 104) verbindende Gerade (106) den vorbestimmten Bewegungskanal schräg schneidet, und daß ihre Außenumfangs-Nockenflächen (96, 100) an einem Teil, an dem die ihre Rotationsmittenachsen (102, 104) verbindende Geraden (106) den vorbestimmten Bewegungskanal (58) schneidet, sich in einer vorbestimmten Rotationswinkelbeziehung aufeinander zu und voneinander weg bewegen, und

    die Rotationseinrichtung (118) das Paar von rotierenden Nockenscheiben (86, 88) synchron gegenläufig dreht.
  2. Sortierer nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Außenumfangs-Nockenfläche (96, 100) jeder rotierenden Nockenscheibe (86, 88) als archimedische Spirale ausgebildet ist und das Verhältnis des Rotationswinkels (ϑ) zur Vergrößerung des Radius (r) konstant ist.
  3. Sortierer nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei jeder Drehzapfen (56) kreisförmigen Querschnitt hat und die Differenz zwischen dem Maximalradius (b) und dem Minimalradius (a) in der Außenumfangs-Nockenfläche (96, 100) jeder rotierenden Nockenscheibe (86, 88) dem Durchmesser eines Drehzapfens (56) entspricht.
EP88112230A 1987-07-28 1988-07-28 Blattsortiervorrichtung Expired - Lifetime EP0301538B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP186694/87 1987-07-28
JP62186694A JPH0717306B2 (ja) 1987-07-28 1987-07-28 積重配置トラニオン移送機構及びこれを使用したソ−タ

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP0301538A1 EP0301538A1 (de) 1989-02-01
EP0301538B1 true EP0301538B1 (de) 1991-11-21

Family

ID=16192998

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP88112230A Expired - Lifetime EP0301538B1 (de) 1987-07-28 1988-07-28 Blattsortiervorrichtung

Country Status (4)

Country Link
EP (1) EP0301538B1 (de)
JP (1) JPH0717306B2 (de)
KR (1) KR920001975B1 (de)
DE (1) DE3866301D1 (de)

Families Citing this family (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2735902B2 (ja) * 1989-10-31 1998-04-02 池上通信機株式会社 スティプラ付ソータ
JPH03143691A (ja) * 1989-10-31 1991-06-19 Ikegami Tsushinki Co Ltd スティプラ付ソータ
JP2695026B2 (ja) * 1990-01-16 1997-12-24 池上通信機株式会社 スティプラ付ソータ
JP2695034B2 (ja) * 1990-07-10 1997-12-24 池上通信機株式会社 ソータ
JPH0475960A (ja) * 1990-07-13 1992-03-10 Ikegami Tsushinki Co Ltd ソータ
KR940000374B1 (ko) * 1991-03-12 1994-01-19 주식회사 신도리코 복사지 분류기(Sorter)의 트레이 이송장치
CN111938431B (zh) * 2020-07-24 2022-01-28 六安索伊电器制造有限公司 一种全自动胶囊咖啡机

Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4607838A (en) * 1984-07-06 1986-08-26 Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha Sheet sorter

Family Cites Families (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS58212555A (ja) * 1982-05-31 1983-12-10 Olympus Optical Co Ltd シ−ト分類装置
US4580775A (en) * 1984-03-02 1986-04-08 Ikegani Tsushinki Company, Ltd. Sheet sorting apparatus
JPS60223764A (ja) * 1984-04-20 1985-11-08 Canon Inc シ−ト分配装置

Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4607838A (en) * 1984-07-06 1986-08-26 Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha Sheet sorter

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE3866301D1 (de) 1992-01-02
JPH0717306B2 (ja) 1995-03-01
KR920001975B1 (ko) 1992-03-07
EP0301538A1 (de) 1989-02-01
JPS6434865A (en) 1989-02-06
KR890002726A (ko) 1989-04-11

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
JPS6344662B2 (de)
EP0301538B1 (de) Blattsortiervorrichtung
US4878660A (en) Sorter
US5035412A (en) Control method for a sorter
EP0026562B1 (de) Apparat zum Stapeln von Blättern und Sortiermaschinen mit einem solchen Apparat
EP0465764B1 (de) Transport-Einrichtung und Sortierer dafür
KR0139041B1 (ko) 복사기용 소터, 배지정렬장치, 스태플링장치 및 이들을 이용한 스태플링 소터
CA1230896A (en) Sheet sorting machine with travelling bin sorter
EP0259542B1 (de) Sortierapparat
GB2168037A (en) Sheet sorting apparatus
US4148475A (en) Sheet sorting device
US5634632A (en) Sheet post-treating apparatus
US5845901A (en) Parallel moving tray sorter
EP0163485B1 (de) Sortiergerät mit Fächern mit gemeinsamem Drehpunkt
US5110102A (en) Article pressing device and sorter with the same
CN1013759B (zh) 单转轴托盘分页装置
EP0465761B1 (de) Sortiergerät
US4863155A (en) Compact sorter for copying machine
KR960006811B1 (ko) 스테플링을위한용지정렬장치
US5088710A (en) Sorter
JP2895174B2 (ja) 被処理物の押さえ装置
JP2738973B2 (ja) ソータ
JP2857475B2 (ja) 被搬送物の幅寄せ装置
CA1234174A (en) Sheet sorting machine
KR930006965B1 (ko) 복사지 분류장치(Compact Sorter)

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): DE FR GB NL

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 19890602

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 19901011

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): DE FR GB NL

ET Fr: translation filed
REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 3866301

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 19920102

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Effective date: 19920728

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

26N No opposition filed
PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: NL

Effective date: 19930201

NLV4 Nl: lapsed or anulled due to non-payment of the annual fee
GBPC Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 19920728

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Effective date: 19930331

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Effective date: 19930401

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: ST