JPS6112574A - Sorter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To aim at the promotion of miniaturization and lightweightiness as well as low watt consumption, by locking plural paper receiving parts tight enough, while making it so as to move a paper feeding guide plate, in case of a sorter in use of sorting sheets of paper in a copying machine or the like. CONSTITUTION:Plural units of paper receiving parts 1 installed are all locked tight, while a guide plate 2 is turned round by a driving source in an arrow direction centering on a rotational center 2a. Paper feed rollers 3 and 4 are rotated by the driving source so as to feed paper 5 in the left direction. The guide plate 2 is moved to the specified position when the paper 5 comes to be fed out of a copying machine or the like and discharge the paper 5 to the paper receiving part 1 corresponding to the position. In this connection, the guide plate 2 does not necessarily form as holding the paper in between, that is, it may be a flat plate form. With an angle made between the guide plate 5 and the paper receiving part 1, the paper receiving part 1 may be made up into a radial form when such a case as being liable to produce a paper jam there.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a sorter used in copying machines, etc., for separating sheets of paper.

Conventionally, this type of apparatus has a plurality (generally 10 to 15) of paper trays, which move the trays to a paper ejecting section and separate the sheets. Therefore, all paper trays require a drive source to move the weight of all the paper stacked on top of each other, and for each paper tray to move the weight of all the paper stored in the tray.When using a motor, etc., the torque is large and power consumption is required. I also needed something bigger. In reality, an AC motor or the like is used as a driving source, and because the motor itself cannot perform positioning due to the performance of the motor, a separate positioning mechanism is required.

The present invention aims to eliminate the drawbacks of the above-mentioned conventional examples and to realize a small size, low power consumption, and low cost sorter.

Example This embodiment will be explained using FIG.

Reference numeral 1 indicates a plurality of paper receivers, which are fixed. Reference numeral 2 denotes a guide plate, which is rotated by a drive source (not shown) in the direction of the arrow in the figure about the rotation center 2a. 3 and 4 are paper feed rollers, which are rotated by a drive source (not shown) so as to feed the paper 5 to the left in the figure.

The guide plate 2 moves to a predetermined position when the paper 5 is sent from a copying machine or the like, and the paper receiver corresponding to that position discharges the paper 5 to the unit 1.

In the above embodiment, the guide plate has a shape that can hold paper, but it may also be in the shape of a flat plate.

Furthermore, due to the angle between the guide plate and the paper tray, if paper jams occur, the sections of one paper tray may be arranged radially rather than parallel to each other as on the wood flow side.

Effects of the Invention As described in ``2'', the present invention has a fixed paper tray section and moves the paper feed guide plate, so that unlike the conventional paper tray, a high-output drive that moves the entire group is required. No power source is required, making it possible to create a compact, lightweight, low-power, and low-cost sorter. Furthermore, since stepping motors, solenoid and ratchet mechanisms, etc. can be used, a positioning mechanism is no longer necessary.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the wood flow side. 1 is a paper receiver, 2 is a guide plate, 3 and 4 are paper feed rollers, and 5 is paper.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A sorter having a plurality of fixed paper receiving parts, and separating paper by moving a guide part that feeds paper to the paper receiving parts to a position corresponding to each paper receiving part.