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SHEET-LIKE MEDIUM ALIGNMENT APPARATUS

  • US 20070145675A1
  • Filed: 01/12/2007
  • Published: 06/28/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sheet-like medium treatment apparatus, comprising:

  • an ejector configured to eject a transported sheet-like medium;

    a tray on which the sheet-like medium ejected by the ejector is loaded;

    a tray traveling device configured to sort the sheet-like medium loaded on the tray by traveling the tray in a direction of shift substantially orthogonal to a direction of ejection of the sheet-like medium by the ejector for a predetermined distance;

    an aligning device configured to align the sheet-like medium loaded on the tray and having a pair of aligning members configured to align positions of end faces of the sheet-like medium ejected by the ejector and loaded on the tray by contacting with the end faces of the sheet-like medium in parallel with the direction of the ejection to sandwich the end faces; and

    a controller configured to drive the aligning device to align a sheet-like medium ejected and loaded subsequent to sorting of the sheet-like medium to a position different from a position of the sheet-like medium loaded before the sorting is carried out.

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