18505936. SHEET SORTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS simplified abstract (CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA)

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SHEET SORTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Organization Name

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

Hiroshi Chihara of Suntou-gun (JP)

Genki Takahashi of Mishima-shi (JP)

Kazuhisa Sato of Suntou-gun (JP)

SHEET SORTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18505936 titled 'SHEET SORTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a sheet sorting apparatus with a second tray below a first tray, discharge ports, a discharge unit, a tray detecting unit, and a control unit.

  • The apparatus has a detachable first tray and a second tray below it.
  • The discharge unit can discharge sheets to either the first or second discharge port.
  • The control unit can select the destination for a sheet based on whether the first tray is attached or detached.
    • Potential Applications:**
  • Office document sorting
  • Mail sorting
  • Print shop sheet stacking
    • Problems Solved:**
  • Efficient sheet sorting and stacking
  • Streamlining document handling processes
    • Benefits:**
  • Increased productivity
  • Reduced manual labor in sorting sheets
  • Improved organization of documents


Original Abstract Submitted

A sheet sorting apparatus includes a second tray arranged below a first tray detachable from a main body having a first discharge port corresponding to the first tray and a second discharge port corresponding to the second tray, a discharge unit, a tray detecting unit, and a control unit. The discharge unit discharges a sheet toward the first or second discharge port. In a state that the first tray is detached from the main body and the discharge unit discharges sheets from the first discharge port to the second tray and then the first tray is detected as attached to the main body, the control unit selects a discharge destination of a second sheet, subsequent to a first sheet discharged and stacked first after the first tray is attached to the main body, such that the second sheet is stacked on a tray having the first sheet thereon.

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