(19)
(11) EP 2 006 226 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.03.2011 Bulletin 2011/09

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.12.2008 Bulletin 2008/52

(21) Application number: 08004658.4

(22) Date of filing: 13.03.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65H 5/02(2006.01)
B65H 29/12(2006.01)
 B65H 9/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA MK RS

(30) Priority: 20.06.2007 JP 2007162607

(71) Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8001 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Naruoka, Yoshihiko
    Tokyo 105-8001 (JP)
  • Asari, Yukio
    Tokyo 105-8001 (JP)

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

   


(54) Sheet processing device


(57) A posture control device (1) has a posture detecting section (12), an upstream conveying section (14), a posture control section (16), and a downstream conveying section (18) along a conveying path (10) for mail items. The distance from a nip of the upstream conveying section (14) and a nip of the posture control section (16) (D-E distance) is designed to be substantially as long as the longest one of the mail items to be processed by the device which has the greatest length along a conveying direction. The distance from the nip of the posture control section (16) and a nip of the downstream conveying section (18) (E-F distance) is designed to be slightly longer the shortest one of the mail items to be processed by the device which has the shortest length along the conveying direction.







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