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(11) EP 0 210 045 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.12.1987 Bulletin 1987/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.01.1987 Bulletin 1987/05

(21) Application number: 86305471

(22) Date of filing: 16.07.1986
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 17.07.1985 GB 8518084

(71) Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
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(72) Inventor:
  • Melnik, Peter
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(54) Sheet sorters


(57) A device is disclosed which is designed to permit the sorting of sheets of significantly-greater area than the sorter bin support surface, without the projecting area of sheet bending over the bin edge and potentially interfering with the introduction of new sheets into adjacent bins. Each bin surface (4) is provided with wings (8; 10) to induce a curve into a sheet (24) being fed and stored in a bin (2), so as to give the sheet sufficient beam strength for the projecting portions to remain aligned with the portion of sheet which is in the bin.







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