JPS5918961A - Stapling and carrying-out device of sorter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a simple, compact device and to shorten its operation by supporting slanting trays for placing forms by a pole, and drawing out formed by a stapler when the pole moves and reaches the stapler and sliding down the forms into a receiving dish. CONSTITUTION:When forms are stored in respective trays 3 of the sorter, the pole 4 moves up and down and the trays 3 are reached to position of the stapler 1 and stopped. The stapler 1 moves forth and back to staple forms 2. Then, the stapler 1 moves back to move the forms 2 backward. When the stapler 1 is opened to release the forms 2, the forms 2 slide down into the receiving dish because the trays slant. Consequently, the device is made simple and compact and its operation time is shortened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in a device for transporting sorted sheets out of a binding machine in a abdominal copying machine or the like.

The binding and unloading device of the conventional sorter (sorting device) is
As shown in the figure, the tray 3' that stores the paper 2' is rotated around the column supporting the tray, and the stapler 1' is fed out at the identified position σ. The paper is bound and transported using a stapler. Therefore, such a device requires a complicated mechanism to rotate the tray and feed it at position 1 of the stapler, and furthermore, the tray has to be moved a long distance σ before binding the sheets, making it difficult to operate the cycle. This has the disadvantage that it takes a long time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a sorter binding and conveying device that has a simple mechanism and operates quickly.

The inventor of the present invention has proposed that by making the stapler itself movable and making the tray on which the paper is placed somewhat inclined so that the paper can slide down due to the inclination of the tray, there is no need for a particularly complicated mechanism. It has been noted that it is possible to provide a device for binding and transporting sheets. Thus, according to the present invention, a plurality of paper trays are supported by vertically movable columns and are inclined in one direction, and a plurality of paper trays are disposed near the inclined lower corner of one of the plurality of trays, A sorter comprising a stapler movable between a seventh position where sheets placed on the tray can be received and stapled and a second position where the stapled sheets can be taken out. The binding and unloading device provides σ
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The apparatus of the present invention having such a structure does not need to rotate and move the paper sheet to the position where it is to be stapled by the stapler, as in the conventional apparatus described above, so that the apparatus is simple and the swipe is also small. Furthermore, since there is no time loss associated with the above-mentioned rotational movement, there is also the advantage that the operating time is shortened.

The present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment as shown in FIG.

The Soak binding and discharging device shown in the figure has a plurality of trays 8 on which sheets of paper 2 are placed, and the trays are slightly inclined toward the front in the figure. Each tray; 3 is supported by a support column which can be moved up and down by suitable means. In the embodiment shown in the figure, a rack 6 provided at the bottom of the support column 4 meshes with a pinion provided on a shaft 7 that moves in conjunction with the rotation of the motor 5. 4 moves up and down.

The steno roller 1 is disposed near the sloping lower corner of one of the plurality of trays (typically the topmost tray as shown in the figure), that is, near the lower corner of the slanted tray. It is set up. The stapler is movable back and forth by suitable means, for example by being placed on a belt as shown in the figure. Thus, when the stapler moves forward, it receives the sheets placed on the tray and staples the sheets, and then moves back and carries out the stapled sheets out of the machine. Preferably, the stapler is configured to be magnetically actuated, for example, and its operation is linked to the operation of the motor 5 (and therefore the movement of the column 4).

The apparatus of the present invention constructed as described above can be operated as follows. When paper is stored in each tray of the sorter, the trays are raised or lowered by moving the column 4. When one tray (generally the top tray) reaches the stapler position, the column 4 moves. 4 ((i.e., tray) stops.

The stapler moves forward, bites the paper, and staples the paper. Thereafter, the stapler moves backward while holding the paper, and transports the paper backward. The stapler opens at the rear and releases the paper. Then, because the tray is tilted, the paper slides down and the tray is stored in a tray (not shown in FIG. 1). Thus, when one stapling/unloading operation is completed, the column is moved again and the next tray is moved by the positioning of the stapler, and then the same operation as described above is repeated.

As is clear from the above description, the present invention provides a useful device that uses a relatively simple mechanism to quickly staple sheets.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically illustrating a conventional sorter binding device, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically illustrating an apparatus σ)/embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a plurality of sheet trays supported by vertically movable columns and inclined in one direction; and a plurality of sheet trays disposed near an inclined lower corner of one of the plurality of trays, and a paper sheet placed on the tray. The first station that can receive and bind printed sheets.
1. A binding/unloading device for a sorter, comprising a stapler movable between a first position and a second position for transporting bound sheets.