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Apparatus and method for automatically finishing copies after the maximum storage tray capacity has been exceeded

  • US 6,168,145 B1
  • Filed: 05/29/1998
  • Issued: 01/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for processing paper ejected from an image forming device, comprising:

  • a plurality of bins for sorting the paper ejected from the image forming device into packets, and for housing the packets;

    a tray for stacking the packets;

    packet conveying device for conveying the packets from the plurality of bins to the tray;

    detecting device for detecting the maximum amount of paper that can be stacked onto the tray; and

    control device for halting the packet conveying device when the detecting device detects the maximum amount of paper that can be stacked onto the tray, for counting the number of empty bins from which the packets have already been removed, for transmitting the counted number of empty bins to an image forming device controller, and for controlling the guiding of the paper subsequently ejected from the image forming device in the empty bins.

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