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(11) | EP 2 096 061 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Sheet collecting apparatus and sheet collecting method |
(57) In a sheet collecting apparatus (100) having a collecting table (2) on which a sheet
(P) charged by a charging means (200) is collected, a suctioning/transporting means
(10) for suctioning and transporting the sheet charged by the charging means along
a charging direction and releasing the sheet above the collecting table, back stoppers
(4) for receiving the sheet transported by the suctioning/transporting means downstream
of the collecting table along a transport direction (a) of the sheet, and a back guide
disposed downstream of the collecting table along the transport direction of the sheet
for regulating a position along the transport direction of the sheet received by the
back stoppers, the sheet collecting apparatus positions the sheet charged by the charging
means at a predetermined position and stacks it in a layer state.
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