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(11) | EP 2 692 674 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Sheet guiding device and sheet processing apparatus including the sheet guiding device |
| (57) A sheet guiding device includes: gripper bars 22 provided to delivery chains 20 and
each having a holding portion configured to hold an end portion of a paper sheet W,
the gripper bars 22 configured to transport the paper sheet W along a paper sheet
transporting route C2 spaced away from a travelling route C 1 of the delivery chains
20; a delivery cylinder 21 having a guide surface 53a and configured to guide the
transported paper sheet W, the guide surface extending along an arc-shaped transporting
route portion C2b in the paper sheet transporting route C2 which is located outside
an arc-shaped travelling route portion C1b in the travelling route C1 of the delivery
chains 20 which is formed by the holding portion travelling along the arc-shaped travelling
route portion C1b; a linear travelling route portion C1a formed downstream of the
arc-shaped travelling route portion C1b in a travelling direction of the delivery
chains 20; and a suction guide 40 for guiding the paper sheet W to an inner side than
the linear travelling route portion Cla, the paper sheet W located in a region downstream
of a shift position S from the arc-shaped travelling route portion C1b to the linear
travelling route portion C1a in a sheet transporting direction.
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