(19)
(11) EP 1 076 027 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/07

(21) Application number: 00116240.3

(22) Date of filing: 08.08.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65H 29/70, B65H 29/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 09.08.1999 JP 22531899

(71) Applicant: Riso Kagaku Corporation
Tokyo 105 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Higashi, Koji, Riso Kagaku Corporation, R&D Center
    Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki-ken (JP)
  • Tojima, Takahito, Riso Kagaku Corp., R&D Center
    Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: HOFFMANN - EITLE 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München
81925 München (DE)

   


(54) Collating apparatus


(57) The collating apparatus of the present invention comprises a pair of discharged paper attitude forcing trays (51) provided at positions at both sides of a pair of discharge rollers (26,27), respectively, and each having a forcible guide surface (51a) for guiding a lower surface of a collated matter conveyed onto paper discharge guide plate (50), wherein the forcible guide surface (51a) of each of the discharged paper attitude forcing trays (51) is constituted to be positioned upward of a position at which the pair of discharge rollers (26,27) almost press-contact with each other and to allow a height of the forcible guide surface (51a) to be varied. According to the present invention, uneven flight distance does not occur, stable paper alignment is ensured, and paper jamming and paper wrinkle do not occur, irrespectively of degree of firmness of the collated matter.






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