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1. A sheet material distributing apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of bins for accommodating sheet materials, each of said bins having a sheet material inlet;
a first sheet material gripping and conveying means movable to be opposed to the sheet material inlet of each of said bins;
second sheet material gripping and conveying means linearly movable to receive one of the sheet materials from a sheet material discharging device to transfer the sheet material to said first sheet material gripping and conveying means.
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A sheet material distributing apparatus includes a plurality of bins for accommodating sheet materials, a first sheet material gripping and conveying device displaceable to be opposed to a sheet material inlet of each of the bins, and a second sheet material gripping and conveying device displaceable to receive a sheet material from a sheet material discharging device and for transferring the sheet material to the first sheet material gripping and conveying device.
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1. A sheet material distributing apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of bins for accommodating sheet materials, each of said bins having a sheet material inlet; a first sheet material gripping and conveying means movable to be opposed to the sheet material inlet of each of said bins; second sheet material gripping and conveying means linearly movable to receive one of the sheet materials from a sheet material discharging device to transfer the sheet material to said first sheet material gripping and conveying means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A sheet material distributing apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of movable bins for accommodating sheet materials, each of said bins having a sheet material inlet; a first sheet material gripping and conveying means opposed to the sheet material inlet of each of said bins; second sheet material gripping and conveying means linearly movable to receive one of the sheet materials from a sheet material discharging device to transfer the sheet material to said first sheet material gripping and conveying means. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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sheet discharging means for discharging sheet materials on which images have been formed; a plurality of bins, arranged in a direction, for accommodating the sheet materials each of said bins having a sheet material inlet; a first sheet material gripping and conveying means movable in the direction to be opposed to the sheet material inlet of each of said bins; second sheet material gripping and conveying means movable in the direction to receive one of the sheet materials from said sheet discharging means to transfer the sheet material to said first sheet material gripping and conveying means.
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14. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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sheet discharging means for discharging sheet materials on which images have been formed; a plurality of movable bins arranged in a direction, for accommodating the sheet materials each of said bins having a sheet material itself; first sheet material gripping and conveying means which is opposed to the sheet material inlet of each of said bins; second sheet material gripping and conveying means movable in the direction to receive one of the sheet materials from said sheet discharging means to transfer the sheet martial to said first sheet material gripping and conveying means.
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