(19)
(11) EP 0 822 156 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.02.1998 Bulletin 1998/07

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.02.1998 Bulletin 1998/06

(21) Application number: 97114485.2

(22) Date of filing: 17.10.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B65H 39/11, B65H 31/24
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 18.10.1989 JP 271146/89

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
94111474.6 / 0624538
90119912.5 / 0423758

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hiroi, Masakazu
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Mukasa, Mitsuhiro
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Kobayashi, Kenji
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Pellmann, Hans-Bernd, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 21 - 08 - 1997 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Sheet sorter


(57) The present invention provides a sheet sorting apparatus comprising plural bins trays; bin tray moving means for moving said bin trays stepwise to cause each of the bin trays to face a sheet receiving position; and control means for controlling the operating speed of said bin tray moving means according to sheet transporting information of an image forming apparatus to be connected to said sorting apparatus, in such a manner that said bin tray moving means can be operated in continuous manner even during the discharge of a sheet into a bin tray.






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