......DE....FRGB..IT............................................................RDIM360 (Ver 1.5 21 Nov 2005) - 1100000/1 1100000/2This application was filed on 21 - 08 - 1997 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.0822156EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA319980211EP97114485.219901017enenen271146/89 19891018JP19980211199807199802041998066 6B 65H 39/11 A 6B 65H 31/24 BdeBlattsortiervorrichtungenSheet sorterfrTrieuse de feuilles494111474.606245381994072290119912.5042375819901017CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA00542361EP 2035230-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-kuTokyoJPHiroi, MasakazuCanon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chomeOhta-ku, TokyoJPMukasa, MitsuhiroCanon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chomeOhta-ku, TokyoJPKobayashi, KenjiCanon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chomeOhta-ku, TokyoJPPellmann, Hans-Bernd, Dipl.-Ing.et al00009227Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 480336 MünchenDEDEFRGBIT19980211199807

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.